10:10 to cut carbon footprint by 10% in 2010

In the run up to the crucial climate change conference in Copenhagen in December, the 10:10 campaign caught my eye.

The brainchild of Franny Armstrong, whose film the Age of Stupid has been showing throughout the UK, 10:10 is a simple pledge to get individuals, companies and institutions to reduce their carbon footprints by 10% during 2010.

Each person in the UK is responsible for about 14 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year. So, to each make a genuine cut of 10% across the board, we each need to reduce our carbon footprint by 1.4 tonnes. If we all did this, it would make a dent in the UK’s targets for lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050.

10:10 is a bit like Make Poverty History, which captured public imagination and helped to drive political change. In fact, 3 days after 10:10s launch Gordon Brown and the entire cabinet signed up to their 10% pledge. This was followed by 10,000 individuals, more than 400 businesses and organisations including charities, schools and hospitals, and numbers are growing. A sign that there is a definite trend to making low carbon living central to our daily lives.

I think that 10% is a realistically achievable cut for most people and if enough of us set this as a target, 10:10 could end up being an official nationwide pledge, and something the government could formalise at Copenhagen.

To help you save your 10%, see our energy saving products from Heatkeeper Radiator Panels, Eco Buttons to low energy and energy saving lighting.

Remember it’s all about making small changes that add up to a big one.

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This entry was written by Nigel and posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009 at 6:39 pm and filed under Green heros, Cool things, Good things to do, Energy saving tips, Carbon footprints, Co2 emissions, Climate change. Bookmark the permalink. You can follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment, or trackback from your own site.

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