I am not sure I want my movements tracked by satelllite...more than they already are.
--- Patricia Haines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > intriguing new technology - worth checking out - > from http://blog.tmcnet.com/green-blog/ > > Become a Carbon Hero February 26, 2008 > With more and more people becoming conscious of > their environmental responsibilities these days, the > focus on reducing global warming has escalated. > > To this end, more people are looking for ways they > can do their part to become green and reduce their > carbon footprint. > > Now, a new device that helps increase peoples > awareness is helping them to become a 'Carbon Hero.' > > Thats what Andreas Zachariah, a graduate student > from the Royal College of Art in London and inventor > of Carbon Hero and Oxford graduate student Nick > Burch are saying about their product, the Carbon > Hero. > > The new device is a personal carbon calculator > that detects movement using satellite navigation and > displays a user's carbon footprint on their mobile > phone. > > Becoming more aware of ones own contributions, and > the difference they can make by choosing a different > method of travel, can have a positive impact on > green initiatives. > > If you go on a diet you want to see if all that > effort has made a difference so you weigh yourself. > The beauty of our system is that its easy; you have > a weighing scale on you all the time giving you > your carbon footprint. When you make the effort to > walk instead of taking the car you can immediately > see the result, so it feels more worthwhile doing it > and you are more likely to stick with it, Zachariah > was quoted as saying in this ScienceDaily report. > > And not only can this new device help users > personally discover and adjust their impact on the > environment but also, businesses looking at the > benefits of going green, can find benefit in using > Carbon Hero as well. > > Companies that use Carbon Hero could present the > results in their annual report, together with other > ways in which they are helping the environment. It > is easy to document carbon emissions from heating > and electricity; now with Carbon Hero, companies can > also document CO2 emissions from business travel, > Zachariah was also quoted as saying. > > Check it out for yourself at CarbonHero.net > > > > - fostering sustainable community through > collaborative initiatives in hospitality, education > and the arts, in the 150 year-old democratic spirit > of the Danish Folk School > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with > Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information > for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
