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I started (unknowingly) on a path to dramatic carbon reduction on Jan 1, 2017, when I started biking to work, walking kids to school. Carbon reduction became addictive, and more deeply nourishing than I ever thought possible. #myfirststep Thread.
Biking to work is a carbon pittance, I know. But it opened my eyes to structural barriers, so I became the Traffic Chair for my neighborhood board and have become a fixture down at City Hall on bike/ped/multimodal safety in Atlanta. I had NEVER been to City Hall in 14yrs prior!
And my engagement didn’t stop there - I was just getting started! I started tracking my family’s energy and water bills on a graph, bought all LEDs for my house, my parent’s house, and my sister’s house. I insulated all the windows and doors and external outlet boxes.
