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John: use only the electricity he absolutely needs for a week to cut his carbon emissions (2007)

promise · status: open (updates through 2007, not reported done) · last event: progress update (2007-04-18) · owner: John

In April 2007 John promised to use only the electricity he absolutely needed for a week to cut his carbon emissions. Two days in he said he would not eat unheated food but was keeping the lights off unless he really had to.

Parts: John asks Hank for ideas to further reduce his carbon emissions (2007)

About: climate change, carbon footprint

date event what video
2007-04-16 promised For the next week John will use no electricity he doesn't absolutely need (lights only for reading, TV only for important soccer, minimal hot water) and do more to cut his carbon emissions. Brotherhood 2.0: April 16: Brotherhood of Traveling Shirts 00:00:38
2007-04-18 progress update John updates his low-electricity week: he is not eating unheated food, but he is not turning on the lights unless he really has to. (playful) Brotherhood 2.0: April 18th: Prom and Consequences 00:00:57

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5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).