Go Car-free and be Care free!
September 22nd marks the celebration of the holiday known as World CarFree Day!
Along with encouraging NWF
staff participation, I wanted to spread the word that Carfree Day is the perfect
day to ditch the car and find alternative transportation. And being “carfree”
doesn't have to stop after Sept. 22nd. Hopefully, it will make us realize there
are many options for getting to work.
On World Carfree Day "people from around the world get together in the
streets, intersections, and neighborhood blocks to remind the world
that we don't have to accept our car-dominated society." -WCFD site
Carfree Day hopes to take the heat off the planet as we work together to curb our commuter pollution. We can do this if we work together, so grab a friend and travel "car-light" (*carpool) or carfree that day and see what it's like to ditch the vehicle for other options.
Also, feel free to let us know if you have plans to celebrate Carfree Day! Any tips to cut back on commuting pollution? Share them with us!
Here's a special announcement for those of you in the DC AREA:
In the DC area, you can sign up to pledge to be "carfree" or "car-light" (carpool) to win prizes!
when i was born in 1967 gas price was .28 cents a gallon. I have read some theories that the Bush administration has created the economic situation with this demeanor in mind: "to create a situation where they raise the price of gas so high, that when they bring the price back down a little bit, people will be happy it is lowered. but the fact is it will still be over $1.50-2.00 more then it was 6 years ago, thus satisfying the populas even tho it will remain much higher then before, so the oil companies associated with Bush will reap benifits from higher gas prices for years to come." Sad...the most depressing thing in my mind today is how my fellow Americans allowed an president to cheat his way into office by using manipulated votes 8 years ago and ALLOW him to remain in office even after this administration ALLOWED the 911 attacks to happen 7 years ago. Our people should have rose up against this administration and because we did nothing we now will have to suffer for years to come...and our children too.
i hope we find an alternative to gasoline soon and put those thieving, terrorist, monopolies, back were they came from.
dont buy gas
switch your house heating to electric or solar
dont be afraid to say what you think!
Posted by: Jason | September 20, 2008 at 11:25 AM