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| We are a York group linked to the national and international movement - see the national Carbon Rationing Action Group website at www.carbonrationing.org.uk. | |||||
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A photo of our February meeting appeared in the Observer, 24 February, along with an article about CRAGs, click here to read it (no photo online).
We had a public meeting on Saturday 15 March on Carbon Offsetting. Two speakers explained the benefits and the problems with offsetting, a few short films were shown, and a lively debate followed. And on Tuesday 18th we were on BBC Radio York breakfast show, again talking about Carbon Offsetting |
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Our mission: to reduce our carbon footprints by providing support, encouragement and |
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Our Aims: |
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| To make us all aware of our personal carbon footprint. | |||||
| To help each other pursue cuts in our personal CO2 emissions. | |||||
| To argue for the adoption of similar schemes at the national and international level. | |||||
| To build solidarity between growing groups of carbon conscious people. | |||||
| Our Target | |||||
| This year's target is to not exceed 4.5 tonnes of CO2 emissions per person. This target is a 10% reduction from 5 tonnes of CO2 which the average person in the UK emits annually through transport and home energy use. We aim to reduce our emissions by 10% annually. | |||||
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National Climate March, 8th Dec |
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Several York Craggers took part in a successful (though wet) national climate march in London. We met many members from CRAGs across the country. It was great to see so many of you there. |
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| Stop Climate Chaos Interactive Map Finished! |  |
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| On behalf of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition, The Climate Outreach Information Network (COIN) has collated an interactive map of all community-level groups working on climate change in the UK. The map enables interested individuals to browse all of the groups in their area, contact them and get involved - as well as enabling the groups themselves to network together, co-ordinate their activities and look for groups working on similar topics across the UK. See York CRAG on the map here. | |||||
| Online Carbon Calculator | |||||
| A new online version of our carbon calculator has been | |||||
| added to the website. Many thanks to John Elwen who created the calculator. | |||||
| What does the CRAG logo mean? | |||||
| Contact James for more information | |||||
| Email: yorkcrag@yahoo.co.uk | |||||