Hi everyone! Salut a tous !
For the first week of the year, we are not starting on a very green note because Steph and I are going to fly to Melbourne on Wednesday. We will spend some days in Melbourne at Steph's sister's and then drive from Melbourne to Adelaide via the Great Ocean Road and then spend a couple of days in Adelaide with a friend of Steph and then fly back to Sydney next week. Our carbon footprint for this trip will be quiet big compared the one we would have if we were staying in Sydney. Indeed, flying is an extremely emissions-intensive way to travel, but we also know that we are all bound to fly sometimes and this website is not about avoiding any emissions and live like a hermit. We will not be changing our way of life in an extreme way this year, we would like to live in a more sustainable way and let you know what we managed to do, what action is great for the environment, which tip is a good one for you to follow, etc.
Pour la première semaine de l'année, nous ne commencons pas vraiment sur une note très “verte”... En effet nous allons prendre l’avion mercredi pour aller a Melbourne, puis nous allons conduire de Melbourne a Adelaide via la Great Ocean Road et seront de retour a Sydney la semaine prochaine en prennant un autre avion... Notre empreinte carbon pour ces prochains jours va donc être enorme si on la compare avec celle d’une semaine normale passee a Sydney. Prendre l’avion est l’un des moyens de transport les plus polluant en terme d'émissions de Co2 dans atmosphère, mais cela ne veut pas forcement dire qu’il ne faut pas du tout prendre l’avion. Notre but cette année n’est pas de vivre reclus comme des ermites, mais d’appliquer des gestes et habitudes respectueuses de l'environnement dans notre vie de tous les jours et de vous faire part de nos progrès, nos erreurs, nos ratés, etc.
The first tip we will implement this week is then related to flying. We will offset the Co2 emissions of our flights for this holiday. We calculated the projected Co2 footprint (1.124 Tonnes) of our flights thanks to the website Brighter Planet (I will talk more about this website in the future since it is a great source of hints and tips for us) and used an Australian based organisation called Greenfleet in order to "buy" carbon credit. Thus, the Co2 released by the planes in order to transport us from Sydney to Melbourne and Adelaide to Sydney will be captured by trees planted in New South Wales (more info here).

The other actions we will do this week are the following ones:
- Turn off your power strips (from Brighter Planet)
- Buy in-season fruit or vegetables (from Climatechange.gov.au)
- Install low-flow shower heads (from Brighter Planet)
- Make sure you car tires are properly inflated (from Brighter Planet)
Les autres actions de la semaine seront les suivantes :
- Débrancher les prises (cf econo-ecolo.org)
- Acheter des fruits et légumes de saison (cf Conservation Nature)
- Installez des douches “bas debit” (cf Femininbio.com)
- Vérifiez la pression de vos pneus avant de conduire (cf Brighter Planet)
We will get back to you next Sunday or Monday and let you know what happened this week. Have a great week and see you soon!
En fin de semaine, nous allons vous faire un compte rendu de nos actions. Rendez-vous Dimanche ou Lundi donc !!
Les autres actions de la semaine seront les suivantes :
- Débrancher les prises (cf econo-ecolo.org)
- Acheter des fruits et légumes de saison (cf Conservation Nature)
- Installez des douches “bas debit” (cf Femininbio.com)
- Vérifiez la pression de vos pneus avant de conduire (cf Brighter Planet)
We will get back to you next Sunday or Monday and let you know what happened this week. Have a great week and see you soon!
En fin de semaine, nous allons vous faire un compte rendu de nos actions. Rendez-vous Dimanche ou Lundi donc !!
2 comments:
J'aime.
Et bon voyage !!
Lovely, you two!
I saw this website today and thought of you. Maybe you know it already... but anyways, here it is:
http://www.1010uk.org/
See you soon... A.
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