Author name: Church of the Nativity

Becky Showalter Thanks to much work and gnashing of teeth by Nancy Reed and Rene Garces, Nativity has calculated its energy usage for 2021 and thereby our own carbon footprint!  Even with our solar panels, we used half again more electricity than we produced – over 13,000 kWh.  Based on that value, our carbon footprint

So now that you know your carbon footprint (see previous blog post), what now? Before we think about how to offset our effect on the environment, we should brainstorm on ways to reduce it!There are so many things that can be done:1. On an individual level, there are big ideas like adding solar to your home, purchasing

Becky Showalter Last week, we talked about what environmental footprints* and carbon footprints are. This week we are going to concentrate on how you calculate your carbon footprint? Here’s what you’ll need for a basic estimate – annual electricity and gas bills (average monthly usage) and vehicle(s) annual mileage and average mpg for your vehicle(s). Not so hard! Got to www.haitireforest.org/calculator and calculate

Becky Showalter The words “Carbon Footprint” and “Environmental Footprint” are thrown around almost interchangeably these days in news articles and discussions, but what do they actually mean and how do they relate to each one of us?  Bottom line, they are slightly different ways to frame how lightly (or heavily) we are living on our