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10:10:10 – A Global Day of Doing

September 29th, 2010

Some of you may recall an older post, talking about 10:10 and the attempt to cut the UK’s carbon emissions by 10%. Well, the campaign is rolling along and I’m sure some of you may now be part of it too. I was speaking with Lucy from 10:10 the other day and promised I’d write a quick post to help push the message to as many people as possible.

So, what is A Global Day of Doing. Well, read the paragraph below, which I have used straight from the 10:10 Facebook page, which incidentally you could go and become a fan of too:

On October 10, 2010, thousands of individuals, families, schools, businesses and other organisations will take simple steps to save energy and reduce emissions. These ordinary actions, combined with a series of bold, iconic stunts, will make an extraordinary difference. Not only will they cut carbon directly; they will also send a powerful message to world leaders that people and organisations everywhere are ready to tackle climate change.

I think that sums it up quite succinctly.  So whether you’re an individual, a business or any kind of organisation, please get behind 10:10 and do even just a small act to help A Global Day of Doing

For our business, I’ll be making sure all computers and equipment is switched off for the full 24 hours (sorry all you Sunday DIYers, we won’t be contactable). Not only will it help just a little but it should ensure we all take a day off.

On a personal note, I’m going to propose that as a family we leave all TVs, PCs and Game Stations turned off for the day too, so we can help a little more (but shhhhh, don’t let on as I’ve not told the family yet).


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Cut the UK’s Carbon Emissions by 10% in just one year, 2010.

October 15th, 2009

Having just watched a really engaging debate on newsnight tonight regarding climate change. I have felt impelled to go and sign our company up for the 10:10 campaign. For anyone who hasn’t heard of the campaign, to quote the website itself;

“What is 10:10?

10:10 is an ambitious project to unite every sector of British society behind one simple idea: that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in the UK’s carbon emissions in 2010.”

Having listened to the debate on the TV and subsequently read the detail on the 10:10 website, it doesn’t seem that hard to do, and without going in to all the detail (you can read that on their site), it would appear that we could only have around 6 years to actually start to have an effect before we hit the dreaded 2° increase in global temperature . Politicians are dithering and we can all show them (and the rest of the world) that a little from everyone can count alot.

As you’ll probably tell, it’s something we’re very passionate about, but we’re not the only ones, there are already some major companies, public figures, celebrities, and many others already on board. I think the main reason for this is that it really is an acheivable target to hit.

If you want to read more then you can get to the 10:10 website here and also hopefully you’ll sign up too.

Any comments, as always, are welcome. but I urge you all to go and sign up and do your bit along with the rest of us.

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