Does our Global Warming crisis effect the way you build/live?

[RiverStone]

Poll question: Does our Global Warming crisis effect the way you build/live?

The construction and maintenance of buildings are responsible for 40% of U.S. energy use and 30% of wood and raw materials use. Buildings are a main contributer to global warming by generating 30% of U.S. CO2 emissions (the most significant climate change gas).

http://www.globalgreen.org/greenbuilding/index.html


Buildings account for one-sixth of the world's fresh water withdrawals, one-quarter of its wood harvest, and two-fifths of its material and energy flow. Building "green" is an opportunity to use our resources efficiently while creating healthier buildings that improve human health, build a better environment, and provide cost savings.

http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/Basics.htm


Al Gore on solving the climate crisis
excerpt from speech at NYU School of Law 9/18/06

Buildings-both commercial and residential-represent a larger source of global warming pollution than cars and trucks. But new architecture and design techniques are creating dramatic new opportunities for huge savings in energy use and global warming pollution.

<snip>

This is not a political issue. This is a moral issue. It affects the survival of human civilization. It is not a question of left vs. right; it is a question of right vs. wrong. Put simply, it is wrong to destroy the habitability of our planet and ruin the prospects of every generation that follows ours.

http://www.nyu.edu/community/gore.html


More about simple things you can do today:

http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/


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QUESTION: Where do you stand on global warming and its connection to building/living green as possible?

[Reterr]

1. K&R

I rent so building is not something I am concerned with..Living green certainly is.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. I'm at 2, and doubt I will ever be able to be at 1, much as I might

like to.

But I deliberately chose to live in an apartment close to work, tho it is a little more expensive and smaller than I would like, so that I can walk or bicycle to work every day, so my choice definitely affects the way I live.

[Reterr]

3. ooops -already done.nt

[chaska]

4. Badly worded poll. "Building" is more of an event than an activity....

And "living" is the opposite.

[RiverStone]

8. Alas, unscientific to boot.

Just trying to get a general compass bering on where DU stand on this?

Or maybe just how important environmental ethics are around here (in general).

peace~

[Pathwalker]

5. I honestly don't know how to answer your poll.

My home is passive solar, I have no plans to move any time, but I have always been an avid recycler/re-user. I have those new bulbs everywhere in my home now, we're slowly installing new energy efficient windows, and we replace all our old appliances with energy star appliances as they die. I'm also an organic gardener, learning to grow and store my own veggies, have several fruit trees, plant more trees each year, and I am a truly dedicated composter.
Where do I fit in this poll?

[RiverStone]

7. closer to 1 then 2...

Either way, it sound like your doing a greet job of being eco-friendly! :)

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. Well, I drive a Prius, recycle glass, plastic, cans and paper, & use Green products when I can

I guess I'm #2. I'm doing what I can. I WISH we could get solar power. I would be a happy, happy camper if we could ever go that route. There's nothing I would like more than to tell the electric company to TAKE A HIKE. I do like the fact that I spend only $20.00 every 5 weeks on gas in my Prius.:)