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Individual Adopters of the Protocol

640Paul A. Branson, United States of America.
639Robert R. Holt, Truro, MA, USA.
638Tyler Pester, Spokane, WA, USA.
637john t jones, stuart,fl., usa.
636Dr Stephen Willoughby, Saffron Walden, UK.
635Anne Schnmitt, USA.
634Sandra Botelho, Fall River, United States. I have gone to lectures about peak oil and it has been the topic in many of my classes. I was just wondering what I could do to help? I have come to realize that this is a major concern and I want to live in a world without chaos and stress. Thank you!!
633Calvin Sloan, Santa Monica and Austin, United States. gotta start living how i'm preachin
632Matthew Craft, United States. Above and beyond carbon resources, we are approaching a peak on all resources across the globe. Working to reduce our extravagant behavior and institute sustainable behavior is a noble goal.
631Donna Fialkoff, Shelburne, USA.
630ERIC MAIR, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
629Mark Brown, London, United Kingdom.
628Rex Graveley, Paphos, Cyprus. Am intending to build an eco-home with as low an embodied energy as possible. This will probably involve using cob (monolithic adobe). Unfortunately this is dependent on building codes which seem deliberately to restrict the possibilities!!
627Yvonne Rowse, Sheffield, UK. I have sold my car, committed to not flying and will work to reduce my house's fuel needs.
626scott lewis, United Kingdom.
625Linton Hale, Sebastopol, USA. makes sense to have a plan: measure twice, cut once
624G.W. Klinval, Kamloops, Canada.
623Jim Lewallen, Rancho Santa Margarita, U.S.A.. I believe that when given an alternative energy source for oil, gasoline, heating, etc., many, many people will step across the line stating that they are ready for change. Those of us that align ourselves for the need for oil have been pilaged by those making the profits, for years, and will continue to be taken advantage of for as long as we allow it.
622Benjamin Sullivan, Kapaa, USA.
621Benjamin Sullivan, Kapaa, USA.
620Will Blake, London, United Kingdom.
619Rebeccka Wright, Brisbane, Australia.
618Dr. Mandy Meikle, Scotland, UK. "When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before." - Jacob August Riis
617Eric Bardou, Nax, Switzerland. I am a little scared about 1) When depletion will become evident (i.e. when sometimes you will arrive at gas station with no more stock for some days) how things will turn for all area that are not big cities ? 2) To warm your house, to run your car there is credible alternative, there is no for the "world of lubification" which is important for alternative source of energy (e.g. hydropower). It is time for government to fix toughfully priroities not governed by financialshort term views
616Jose Byron Gonzalez, Pacoima, United States.
615Jade Richel, USA.
614Lorraine Gardiol, Prevost, Canada.
613Frédéric Matte, Québec, Canada.
612R. de Vos, Groenekan, Netherlands, Netherlands.
611Nipon Rintanalert, Bangkok, Thailand.
610Pamela Speight, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
609Steffan Taszarek, Loegumkloster, Denmark.
608Tinechen Egan, London, United Kingdom.
607Roy Phillips, Cleckheaton, United Kingdom.
606Gaspar Bonet, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Fell free to contact me for anything
605Michel Touzard, Vancouver, Canada. Good initiative!
604Clay Couturier, Cedar, USA.
603Jeremy Tucker, Doylestown, United STates.
602Joel McKinnon, Montar, CA, USA. All I needed to know was that Richard Heinberg started this thing.
601Alex, Christchurch, New Zealand.
600Byron C. Bellamy, Davis, USA. I'm a big fan of the new solar cells films that Google dropped ten billion on. They're supposed to ship in 2009, and they're supposed to put oil and coal and nuclear out of business. Wrap your home, and sell the surplus to the power company, and mandate that they buy it from you at market rates, as RFK, Jr. has proposed. Until that happens, and I hope it happens, this protocol rocks.
599Andy McKinnon, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA, USA. Thus continues my transformation from neurotic consumer in a dying petroleum based global economy to healthy member of a sustainable post carbon local community.
598Krystyna Haywood, Sheffield, United Kingdom. Peak Oil is so huge and yet few people know about it. Where I live, is next door to the beautiful Peak District, when I mention the theme, people think that it is a company name with oil coming from the Peak. Most laugh at my explanation and all I can think is of the 'Post Oil Man' video on You Tube... Yeah, you can laugh, but I've got my allotments, and I'm stocking up..... Go watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QovBLFZhQME&feature=related
597Joseph Brennan, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.
596Paige McDicken, Dubai, UAE. I am just starting this voyage by taking higher studies in sustainable development.
595George L. Vinci, Bolingbrook, United States. I wrote a poem titled Commoner's Prayer in the '70s as a tribute and inspired by Dr. Barry Commoner. I will update this soon and continue to spread the Heinberg Prayer! Thank you on behalf of my family's future and our tiny blue and white pearl groping in space amidst the universe of endless time, but depleted resources!
594Scott Sammons, Parker, USA.
593Scott Edwards, Orlando, FL, United States.
592Dawn Story, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Thank you for this initiative and to all of you who are selflessly doing your part. "Collective is effective", as we say in permaculture.
591Amy Kligerman, Colorado Springs, USA.
590Bill Courtney, Coquitlam, Canada. We must all pull together to save humanity. From every persom we need CO-OPERATION. From government we need LEADERSHIP. From business we need basic SANITY. As of January 2008 we do not even have 1% AWARENESS.
589Andrew Winn, Orlando, United States of America.
588cliff sanborn, Fairlee'Vt, U.S.. Keep it Up!
587noemie, laval, canada.
586Walter C. Vredeveld, Jesup, Georgia, United States of America.
585Glen Winkel, Ph.D., Colorado Springs, USA.
584peter Sisseck, Valladolid, spain.
583Siva, Columbus, USA.
582Andrew Potts, West Chester, PA, USA.
581Stephen Hall, Hull, UK. I pledge to reduce my oil dependence by 40% in the next 2 years.
580Christina Olsen, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
579Nipon Rintanalert, Bangkok, Thailand.
578Dylan Matthew Lamar, Eugene, Oregon, USA. I am inspired by this Protocol! There is so much negativity in connection with this issue... so much so that most people prefer to simply tune it out. Thank you for establishing a means of proactive change, whereby we can simply and effectively address our fossil fuel dependency problem!
577Patricia A. Holm, Olympia, WA, USA. I'm 70 and still riding my bicycle for errands to town. About 7 miles round trip. I have been seriously working on transportation issues since 1993.
576Brian Lux, Placerville, United States. Thank you! Remaining optomistic in these times is difficult, but actions like the Oil Depletion Protocal certainly help- taking positive action is always a good thing! And thank you Richard Heinberg for your outstanding book PEAK EVERYTHING.
575Keith Forrest, Volcano, U.S..
574Elise Harris, Adelaide, Australia.
573Richard Dillon, Bradford, United Kingdom.
572Maree Beveridge, Australia.
571John Hiller, Sierra Madre, California, United States of America. Let us spread the word continually. - John Hiller
570Adrian Bos, Hawkesdale, Australia.
569James Most, Walla Walla, USA. Si Se Puede!
568Ahmet Ozturk, Eskişehir, Turkey.
567Nayet, Paris, France. This site should be translated in French and other languages ... I accept to work on it if necessary. We must act, Nayet Joël
566Novel, Annecy, France.
565Daniel Lerch, Portland, Oregon, USA.
564Teresa Van Dusen, Richardson, TX, USA.
563george khodeir, sydney, australia.
562Jeff Palmer, Cazenovia, NY, USA. We built a passive solar home heated with a masonry wood stove in winter (5 face cords for the winter). >270 kw/hrs. per month. My wife and I use our bicycles for most local travel in non snow season, walk in the winter. Vegetable garden, vegetarians, We are in our 60's.
561Lucille Bertuccio, Bloomington, IN, USA. I don't own a car; I keep my indoor temp at 60 degrees in winter, 85 degrees in summer; I don't buy plastic; I travel to Portland OR by bus or train; I don't buy processed food; I recycle and compost; I grow some portion of my food; I don't use pesticides or herbicides; I grow native wildflowers.
560Pierre JACQUEMIER, FRANCE. I fully agree with the Oil Depletion Protocol, and as everything will peak, I engage myself to reduce my total energy consumption every year. This will also help me to reduce my CO2.
559Keith Hoon, Canada (& Fiji Islands).
558Hannah Desmond, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
557kerry greene, mossman, australia.
556Terry Murphy, Pomona, Australia. It;s time for action
555Ceylan Özen, Turkey.
554Rosalind Sharpe, London, England, England.
553J Newton, Cotati, California, US. I am participating in the 90% Reduction group (Riot for Austerity)gcej, organized with the help of Sharon Astyk. We've come together to cheer each other on and offer ideas and support as we try to reduce our CO2 emissions-related behavior to 10% of that of the average American. So, the ODP is easy!
552Steven, Arkadelphia, U.S.. Am I really the only one? What's the deal?
551Perry Phillips, Kent, USA. This action is the least that we can do as individuals, organizations, and states to address this urgent problem.
550Elizabeth Kauffman, Bragg Creek, AB, Canada.
549Philippe Estrade, Sydney, Australia. Hope this protocol could help for a peaceful transition to the solar civilisation (the only way to build a sustainable civilisation according to the thermodynamics principles). Hope we'll see a massive Concentated Solar Plants deployment in the next decade ...
548William Glenn, Northampton, USA.
547Tamara Griesel, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. I found peak oil from the frugality/getting out of debt route and have begun making changes. I'm trying to get my monthly electric consumption down to 300 kWH. We are also hoping to move closer to family in order to avoid the cross country plane trip at Christmas (among many other reasons).
546Tim McGuire, Seattle, WA, USA.
545jerome elliott, Nassau, Bahamas.
544Abe Salomon, San Francisco, United States.
543Lakshmanan, Bangalore, India.
542LitA Lundeen, Northampton, MA, USA.
541Rory Short, Johannesburg, South Africa.
540Robert R. Holt, Truro, MA, USA.
539Chad, East Lansing, USA!.
538Konstantin Gorbunov, Arlington, USA.
537Hazel Bijok, Llangollen, Wales UK.
536Luci Fernandez, Fayetteville, USA.
535Peter Siroishka, Canada.
534Devin Klarer, USA.
533Angela, Canada.
532J. Lorsung, Fargo, USA.
531Carl Chatfield, Redmond, WA, USA.
530Michelle Hubbard, Saskatoon, Canada.
529henrietta rollings, adelaide, australia.
528J. Wolcott, New York City, USA.
527john harkness, usa.
526Henning Drager, London, United Kingdom.
525Richard Thomas Everill III, Collingswood NJ, USA.
524Matutaera Te Anga Herangi, Ngaruawahia, New Zealand.
523Kristen Kennedy, USA.
522marcus wood, london, United Kingdom.
521Pete K, Wellington, New Zealand.
520Angela Hone, Auckland, New Zealand.
519Kathy Jones, Middlebury Vermont, USA.
518Duncan Mortimer, Brisbane, Australia.
517Kristin Sponsler, U.K..
516Nina McDuff, Auckland, New Zealand.
515HAMM, LA FLECHE, FRANCE.
514Jeff Jones, East Middlebury, United States Of Amerika.
513Snuffy Hodges, Deer Park, IL, USA.
512Romain Bernard, Fleurance, FRANCE.
511alayna albert, long beach, usa.
510Paul Williams, Wales,UK.
509Curt Sommer, West Linn, OR, US.
508Juan Mathieu, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México.
507Fabien Juge-Le Carrer, Oxford, UK.
506Gorka Bueno, Bilbao, Euskalherria.
505Sandy Turner, Redwood Valley CA, USA.
504Jeffrey Dransfeldt, Camarillo, USA.
503Abdullah A. Hussain, Failaka, Kuwait.
502Keith Winterhalter, Kansas City, MO, USA.
501Moidu Vallil, Calicut, India.
500Marty Belcher, Oakland, CA, US.
499Julie Grimme, Albuquerque, United States.
498Casey Bazewick, Anacortes, WA, USA.
497Kristi Hein, Anacortes, USA.
496Cody Rosenberg, Eugene, OR, U.S.A..
495Jean-Pierre Schnyder, Prilly, Suisse.
494Thomas Lucy, Saint Paul, United States.
493Philip Booth, Stroud, UK.
492Mary Gray Rust, Austin, TX, usa.
491Steve Hanson, Lourdoueix Saint Michel, France.
490eric twitty, winlaw, canada.
489Ara Ashburne, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA.
488Diego A. Sorroche, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
487Bonnie Petty, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
486Emily McGlynn, Treichlers, PA, USA.
485William Carson, London, UK.
484Perry Sylvester, .
483Omama Marzuq, .
482Greg Dingle, Melbourne, Australia.
481mahmood khan, murree, pakistan.
480Wanda Ballentine, Eagan, MN, USA.
479Jessica, North Judson, USA.
478Laura Bird, Vancouver, Canada.
477Antonio Gomes, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
476David Arnold, Violet Town, Australia.
475Paula and Mike Moore, Lake Wylie, USA.
474Matthew Palm, United States.
473Marla Iyasere, Bakersfield, CA, USA.
472Rebecca Ryan, melbourne, Australia.
471Miten Shah, Jamesburg, USA.
470Josh Bridges, Avery, USA.
469Josh Bridges, Avery, USA.
468Fiona Blenman, Armidale, Australia.
467Deb Pepper, Penzance, England.
466Bonnie Parker-Duke, Magnolia, Arkansas, United States of America.
465Stuart, Melbourne, Australia.
464Simon Corner, Devon, UK.
463Justin Martin, Anchorage, United States.
462Daniel Price, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australaia.
461chantal, richmond, australia.
460J. Marvin Campbell, Culver City, USA.
459Kathryn E. Jones, United States.
458Joseph Blankenship, Seoul, South Korea.
457Ruediger M. Kutz, Zeven, Germany, Lower Saxony.
456Ryan Yoder, state, vermont, usa.
455Rob Follett, Mylor, Nr Falmouth, UK.
454Hong Pham, San Lorenzo, US.
453craig gerald buttke, us of a.
452James H, North Richland Hills, United States.
451David Skipp, Agassiz, Canada.
450Richard Faulkner, Sydney, Australia.
449Andrea Leonardelli, Venice, Italy.
448rachel lay, falmouth cornwall, uk.
447lorely, falmouth. cornwall, uk.
446marja van loef, truro, england.
445Craig Rabinowitz, San Luis Obispo, USA.
444M Davies, Oneonta, USA.
443Ted Downey, Mankato, MN, United States.
442Nino Guzzo, brisbane, australia.
441Barbara Nolan, West Linn, United States.
440Laura Louzader, Chicago, United States.
439Kimberley Gibson, Canada.
438Gabriella Turek, Christchurch, New Zealand.
437Jeff Aitken, San Francisco, USA.
436Wayne Bledsoe, Everett, USA.
435Ian Vavra, Endicott, USA.
434Maja Soltys, France, Poland.
433David Ginsberg, Seattle, United States of America.
432Shodo Spring, Bloomington, IN, United States.
431Arun Shrivastava, New Delhi, India.
430JULIE RAWSTHORNE, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA.
429GIRAULT, FRANCE.
428Gervy Emmanuel, Ittre, Belgium.
427sandy zeldes, san francisco, usa.
426Don Stephens, Spokane, Washington state, USA.
425Bob Hall, Austin, USA.
424Jeremy Fisher, Oakland, United States.
423Tammy L. Garland, Magnolia, USA.
422Lara Wright, MD, Berkeley, California, U.S.A..
421Heath Eddy, Exton, PA, United States.
420Mike Grigg, Wadebridge, United Kingdom.
419Henning Drager, Bristol, United Kingdom.
418Colleen White, Boulder Creek, USA.
417Suzanne Ondine Stiver-Nash, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
416Karen Andreassen, Salmon Arm, B.C., Canada.
415Tyler Snortum-Phelps, Concord, U.S.A..
414Clare Palgrave, Woking, UK.
413Bruno Fuks, Brussels, Belgium.
412Kathie Douglass, Chesapeake, USA.
411Robert Palgrave, Woking, England.
410Curt Varner, Cary, North Carolina, USA.
409Ann Dickman, Okehampton, Devon.
408C. A. Hilgartner, MD, Kirksville, Missouri, USA.
407Thanneermalai Lakshmanan, Singapore, Singapore.
406Steve Voetsch, Charlotte, NC, USA.
405Alan Dickson, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
404Erik Smith, Robinson, USA.
403Sharon Grogen, San Francisco, CA, USA.
402Bill Scott, Portland, USA.
401Jeroen van Beek, Putten, Netherlands.
400Marianne Parry, London, UK.
399Wesley Caddell, Novato, USA.
398Narelle Roolker, Australia.
397Sarah Leonard, Dublin, Ireland.
396Susan Militello, Milford, USA.
395Stephen Lewis, Sheffield, UK.
394Correne Quigley, Los Osos, United States.
393Kim Wrange, Kontiolahti, Finland.
392Shannon Markley, United States.
391Bart Blaauwendraad, Enschede, Netherlands.
390charles correa, e. norwalk, United States.
389Debby Geary, DeSoto, Mo, U.S.A.
388Dr Paul E. Metz, Velp, The Netherlands.
387Chania Adam, Byron Bay, Australia.
386Eliza Henshaw, Vancouver, Canada.
385Mack Hardy, Vancouver, Canada.
384Juan J. Carrere, La Reina, Santiago, Chile.
383Geoff Capper, Cudal, Australia.
382Michael Cochrane, Saint-Lazare, QC, Canada.
381Michael McRae, Tampa, USA.
380Ivo Viscor, Brno, Czech Republic.
379Mr. Shaun Chamberlin, London, England.
378mark sbarrato, byron bay, australia.
377Warren Felt, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA.
376Aino Inkinen, Helsinki, Finland.
375Richard DeZeeuw, Caledonia, USA.
374Stephen L. Gadsden, Aurora, Ontario, Canada.
373Loic Lopez, Bramdean (near Winchester), United Kingdom.
372de Combles de Nayves, Strasbourg, France.
371Ligier, Paris, French.
370Thierry Caminel, Toulouse, FRANCE.
369Miranda Edel, Rochester, USA.
368Tua Aalto, Turku, Finland.
367Ville Ropponen, Helsinki, Finland.
366Jean-Paul Bourque, 153 B Church St, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
365Marcus L. Gitterle, M.D., Wimberley, Texas, USA.
364Jane Daly, Sydney, Australia.
363Zack Beatty, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
362Paul Myrtvedt, Bergen, Norway.
361Colleen Collins, Fairview, USA.
360Koichi Takimoto, Pittsburgh, USA.
359Peter Gringinger, Melbourne, Australia.
358Alex Hajkowicz, Bairnsdale, Australia.
357Alex Roberts, Canberra, Australia.
356Josee Rousseau, Arcata, California, United-States.
355David Stewart, Perth, Western Australia.
354Sarah Mills, Perth, Australia.
353esther, sydney, Australia.
352Raymond Kennedy, Lawson, Australia.
351Kelly White, Berkeley, US.
350Peter Berkeley, Brisbane, Australia.
349Nancy Peters, Sydney, Australia.
348Gwen Ingram, Drumright, USA.
347Troels Brødsgaard, Ubby, Denmark.
346Christopher Triplett, USA.
345Margaret Springer, Eugene, OR, USA.
344Kathy Rosen, Beaverton, OR, United States.
343Niki Doering, Austin, USA.
342Anne O'Rourke, Washington DC, United States.
341Joseph Franceschi, Bethlehem, CT, USA.
340Danielle Halliday, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
339Cary Wintle, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
338John Twidell, Horninghold, Leicestershire, UK.
337Susan Keith, Decatur, US.
336indigo ronlov, eugene, oregon, United States.
335Douglas Kennedy, Boulder, USA.
334John Tourrier, Botany NSW, Australia.
333Anita Kelman, West Brookfield, USA.
332Leo Laverdure, Groton, Massachusetts, United States.
331Kathryn Gray, Portland OR, USA.
330Kathleen Rolinson, Oakland, USA.
329martin sørensen, Ranum, Denmark.
328Ward Schmidt, Kashima City, Japan.
327Larry Menkes, Warminster, USA.
326Ivan Bergquist, Madrid, Spain.
325Stephen James Kerr, Toronto, Canada.
324Angelica Niblock, Pleasant HIll, USA.
323Nick Cummings, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.
322Peter Robbinson, Toronto, Canada.
321Reg Saunders, Nimbin, Australia.
320Joseph Jakuta, Mt Rainier MD, USA.
319Brenda Jaffe, U.S..
318Enrico Battocchi, Livorno, Italy.
317Daniel Zürcher, Penthéréaz, Switzerland.
316Liz Logan, Atlanta, USA.
315De Ruest Eric, Liège, Belgium.
314Susanna Fuller, Halifax, Canada.
313Elizabeth Carlson, USA.
312Marcel Coderch, Barcelona, Spain.
311Paul E. Metz, Velp, The Netherlands.
310Kathleen Breault, USA.
309Michael Earl Patton, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A..
308Alan Barnes, Ashbourne, United Kingdom.
307Volker Stegmann, Aschaffenburg, Germany.
306steve baker, los gatos, usa.
305Helen Mitchell, Newport, UK.
304Bonnie Parker-Duke, Magnolia, Arkansas, United States.
303Chris Vernon, Bristol, UK.
302Jussi Sinnemaa, Helsinki, Finland.
301Ned ICETON, ARMIDALE, NSW, AUSTRALIA.
300frank wade, lower hutt, new zealand.
299Lara Johnstone, George, South Africa.
298Kelda Barnes, Ashbourne, United Kingdom.
297J. Michael O'Hara, Hudson, NY, USA.
296Stephen J. Pew, Huntington Beach, CA, USA.
295Kristofer Jakobsson, Uppsala, Sweden.
294Cid McLean, Penticton, Canada.
293Pieter van der Leek, Langley, BC, Canada.
292Ian Graham, Burlington, Canada.
291RL Boal, Toronto, Canada.
290Roma and Leo Breen, Toronto, Canada.
289Kevin van der Leek, Surrey BC, Canada.
288Hoo Shao Pin, Singapore.
287John Hilton, Toronto, Canada.
286Catherine Patterson, Toronto, Canada.
285Penny Sturgess, London, UK.
284Henning Drager, Glasgow, Scotland. Doing my MSc thesis on the psychology of mass change in a looming peak oil context so a massive cheers to all you supporting this very important document and hip hip hooray for all the hard work of various "experts" (Heinberg et al) and campaigners out there: you have really inspired me to take action!!!
283Kim Bax, Near Brisbane, Australia. This is something we HAVE to do . . .
282Andi Hazelwood, Dallarnil, Queensland.
281Janaia Donaldson, Nevada City, United States. So many signers from around the world--may there be millions more taking action! I hope to interview some on our "Peak Moment" television show focused on "Community Responses for a Changing Energy Future." My partner and I have lived off-grid for 16 years, use 10% of the electricity of the average American home, and combine errands on car trips from our rural home. It's a start.
280Ida Patel, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
279Ronald Gies, California, USA.
278Russ Christensen, West Farmington, Maine, USA. I am 75 year old retired juman rights lawyer. volunteereded to go to New Orleans last winter. Worked at Common Ground helping eviction refugees fight their landlords who wanted to take control of perfectly good housing stock so they could double the rent. When I returned to Maine I taught a course for senior citizens on Peak Oil and its relationship to global warming. We hope to next teach a course on water and soil conservation. I have a Finnish stove and burn wood. The stove is designed to reburn the gases so that you have less emissions and burn far less wood. I own a Prius and I write op/ed's about Peak Oil for the local papers. Want to know more about preparing thoughtful communities. Russ C
277Ellie Hughes, Wadebridge, Cornwall, UK. I live in the country and this area has little public transport so unfortunately I have to drive to work. We live in a bus while we renovate a property. We do our best to recyle but local councils make it very difficult and there are no facilities to recyle plastics in the area. We would like to adopt other means of producing our own energy but again local government makes this very difficult. I do use energy efficient light bulbs, drive only if necessary and buy second hand clothes. Farming in this area is on the decline and a lot of food produced here is packaged, sent to London and sent back down to big superstores. It's utterly ludicrous!
276Katie Quinn-Jacobs, Ithaca, NY, USA. This is part of the work of the Great Turning, where we leave empire behind and to create a life outside of what we know - without any promise of success or any clear path before us. It is the defining work of this age and I look forward to participating in it. I can pledge: 25% energy reduction, and 100% more hours of community involvement.
275Michael Nault, Edmond, Ok, USA. I sincerely hope that this gets more attention from the general population. I have been riding my bike to work and school and only drive my car when my destination is unreachable by bike. I am also eating less synthetic foods and more naturally grown foods without the use of pesticides and fertilizers.
274Carrie Leone, USA.
273Martina Hobbs, McLure, B.C., Canada. Its true, its hard to get out of the "consuming way" of society.....but humanity needs to get their head out of the sand and look into the future!
272Deborah Crawford, Chilliwack, Canada. Here's hoping!
271Deborah Simpson, Bainbridge Island,WA, USA.
270SSM Margerin, San Francisco, USA.
269Stacy Turpin, Columbia, MO, USA. "The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it." --Chinese Proverb
268Dan Sobrinski, Bethlehem, PA, Unites States.
267Simon Tompsett, Teddington, UK. We need to kick the oil habit and fast! I have fitted photovoltaic panels to my house and am doing whatever I can to avoid wasting energy.
266Marijke Acket, Brighton, United Kingdom.
265Marc Church, Seattle, United States.
264Erica Bennett, Pine Mountain Club, United States.
263Robert Barrett, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada.
262Simon Richards, Aberdeen, Scotland.
261Paul Bruce, Wellington, New Zealand. This could be the beginning of "The Great Turning" ... sign up!
260Sharon Kulz, San Francisco, USA. This for the sake of my grandchildrens'grandchildren.
259France Benoit, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
258Jos. E. FitzGerald, Jr., USA. Thank you very much for your efforts. It's so very painful to realize that unless we change our 'live for the moment' attitude, our grandchildren will suffer in so many terrible ways. To ponder this can drive one to despondency.
257Christina McClarren, St. Louis Missouri, USA. Thanks for providing much needed inspiration to choose joy, optimism, wonder and action, not the miserable gobble-gobble culture and it's purveyors that is cursing this most marvelous planet with continued destruction of ourselves and this amazing web of life we have unfolded out of.
256Colleen Blacklock, Oneonta, NY, USA.
255Elisabeth Frankish, Karamea, New Zealand. Brilliant initiative. I especially like the personal implementation page... that's where the changes all start. Great reading all the comments other people have written here... so many wise words.
254Chris Price, Austin, TX, USA.
253Simon Ratcliffe, Cape Town, South Africa. I commit to being a model and an advocate of lifestyle and econmic change. Our exponential growth economic paradigm is fundementally unsustainable.
252Matt Sidesinger, San Diego, CA, United States.
251Jubin Rahatzad, Portland, United States.
250DEE OCONNOR, BETHPAGE, NY, USA. THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY
249Mark Berger, Richmond CA, USA.
248David Tyner, Bryan, Texas, USA. I support the Oil Depletion Protocol. "We do not inherit the earth from our parents, but borrow it from our children." Lets give it back better than we found it!
247Tamara Wojdylo, Burnaby, Canada.
246Scott Cratty, Ukiah, USA.
245Holly Cratty, Ukiah, USA.
244Karl North, USA. Our aim at Northland Sheep Dairy, www.geocities.com/northsheep is toward making agriculture fossil fuel free. We aim for self-sufficiency in the production of power (using draft animals), fertilizer (building soil with farm-scale composting), and food and shelter (big gardens and energy efficient construction).
243Julia Say, Vancouver, Canada.
242Dave Hampton - the Carbon Coach, Marlow, UK. I am delighted to align with you all and this amazing project to help us all 'come off' our learnt carbon addiction. Thank you for this initiative and thanks to Robert De Souza for making me aware. In UK we have MP Colin Challen doing tremendous good (cross-party) work, and a similar campaign for MPs to reduce their own CO2 footprint - by 25% in 5 years! www.colinchallen.org.uk There is also the beautiful work that has been done by Aubrey Meyer and Mayer Hillman of the Global Commons Institute. www.gci.co.uk Contraction and Convergence remains for me the basis of the framework for our survival and evolution. What an exciting time to be alive! My family of 6 are down to 9 tonnes CO2 a year total (primary or direct footprint, travel and energy) before green tariff electricity and offset... and falling... and loving it... www.carboncoach.com
241Robyn Gregg, Berkeley, United States.
240Rachel Foran, Saint Paul, MN, USA. I sign up in support of the Protocol and to learn more about innovative methods for creating sustainable energy tipping points in an American culture where conservation has little meaning to most folks but steep gasoline prices do. Social activism/grassroots organizing + financial cost-benefit/hard data analysis + political pragmatism + incremental shifts in personal life styles = the makings of a energy conservation social movement. NOW IS THE TIME TO GET THE MOVEMENT ON.