So this week I decided to go back and look to see what Captain Planet and the Planeteers were talking about. The lastest information they're talking about is green jobs and a green economy. I found this article at http://captainplanet.me/archives/2269 and it talks about how to create green jobs and a green economy by just weatherizing your house and making buildings more energy efficient. The director of this program is Kalia Lydgate and she tells us that about 40% of carbon emissions come from buildings. Kalia is planning on weatherizing thousands of homes in New Bedfor, Massachusetts which will create more jobs, lower their carbon emissions by a huge percent and save residents there aroung $7,000,000 in utility bills. Kalia does all this through 'barn-raising' where a team of volunteers weatherizes a few homes on a Saturday.
On this website they have a video up from youtube that talks some more about the project. I have embedded here on my blog so you can see it.
I went and researched some more and found this information out: (http://www.marioninstitute.org/programs/green-jobs-green-economy-initiative) on June 10, 2010 the city New Bedford recieved a prestigiour $300,000 award with the P.A.C.E. YouthBuild to receive a grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help expand training programs for Green Jobs.
This relates to class because we have been talking about the carbon cycle and how what we do effects it. By doing a simple thing like this we can help improve the carbon cycle.
I think that this is a great idea. Who knew that something as simple as weatherizing your home could help improve the carbon cycle. If everyone did this we would make a huge impact on the carbon cycle and hopefully other enivronmental changes.
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