In the light of all of the progress Cleveland has made over the recent years...is it time for us to adopt a Go Green initiative? Although it appears we are moving in the right direction with current studies being conducted on Solar and Wind Power, is it enough to offset our every growing resourceful and environmental problems. Other states such as California, Arizona, and Nevada, just to name a few have been using these renewable resources for years...however they too feel like they should be doing much more. Therefore meaning that the true solution to our current energy and global warming problems does not only come from the means by which energy is produced, but how it is being used...or wasted for the matter.

 

FIND OUT HOW WASTEFUL YOU ARE: TAKE THE ECO-FOOTPRINT QUIZ :?

http://www.earthday.net/Footprint/index.asp

 

One of our local communities seems to be moving in the right direction!

 

Shaker Heights goes green

 

By HARRIET TRAMER

 

4:30 am, November 5, 2007

 

In 2003, Shaker Heights decided to take energy efficiency a step further, treating it as a community initiative rather than an individual effort.  The Go Green Program aims to make home interiors as green at the natural infrastructure for which Shaker Heights has become known, according to Wesley Walker, a rehabilitation specialist with the city.

 

More here:

http://crainscleveland.com/article/20071105/FREE/71102027/1022/breaking&Profile=1022

 

FIND OUT HOW WASTEFUL YOU ARE: TAKE THE ECO-FOOTPRINT QUIZ :?

http://www.earthday.net/Footprint/index.asp

 

 

Some participants in Shaker’s Go Green program have reduced their energy consumption by as much as 59%.

 

^ That's impressive.  I took the quiz; I'm killing the planet, just not as bad as the average American... I got a 15, the average American got a 24.

I like the accusatory tone at the end:

 

"IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 2.4 PLANETS."