Along with a print out of this:
Food Impacts saves:
Increase the amount of organically grown food that you eat by 50%= 0.1 acres
Increase the amount of locally grown food that you eat by 50%= 0.2 acres
Increase the amount of unprocessed and unpackaged food that you eat by 50%= 0.3 acres
Eat a vegetarian dinner instead of meat once a week =0.5 acres
Household Impacts saves:
Dry 12 loads of laundry per month on the clothesline rather than in the dryer= 0.1 acres
Shower 3 minutes less per day =0.1 acres
Set the thermostat 5 degrees lower in the winter= 0.2 acres
Transportation Impacts saves:
Drive 20 miles less per week =0.3 acres
Fly 5 hours less per year =0.3 acres
I will also be including a pack of CF lightbulbs
For the record, I replaced all of my house lights with CF bulbs about 8 months ago... My electric bill has gone down about $40 a month. A MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.cflbulbs.com/compact-fluorescent-lights.phpAnyone interested in checking out what your current footprint is- head over to:
http://www.myfootprint.org/Also check out:
http://www.stopglobalwarming.orgSo, what do you think--- good gift? I think it will certainly put my money toward something I stand for. And I think more people need to see AIT to understand what is really going on.