andygates

10:10 is a simple challenge: cut your emissions by 10% in 2010. It ain't a huge leap but it's big enough to matter and small enough not to hurt. Now, long-term, this sort of personal effort isn't going to do it: it's not going to effect the infrastructural changes, but it might highlight where those changes are really needed.

It's close enough to the end of the year for me to audit my emissions:

• Transport: According to my training diary I had 200 drive days in 2009 (ouch!). I'm committing to no more than 180 in 2010. I actually want way more bike days, but running and weights both kill my legs and gumption - and if that's the case then I should look at the bus and carpooling as well.
• Food: I'm reliably informed that if a vegan diet is a baseline carbon intensity, veggie is double that and meaty is triple. A shift from "plenty of meat" to "meat is a treat" should take the edge off that. I've already downloaded a couple of veggie ebooks.
• Domestic power: Pretty green already here, but I'll try to run the heaters less. If any appliances explode, they'll be replaced with A+ energy savers.
• Work: Okay, I'll turn my PC off on weekdays. Running BOINC really isn't an excuse for laziness, is it? ;)
• Leisure: Hard to do triathlon without a vehicle, but sharing will help. Didn't fly in 2009, not planning to fly in 2010.