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April 25, 2008

How to Be a Climate Hero

by Audrey Schulman, Orion Magazine, USA - One afternoon last summer, I was on a commuter train when I heard someone yelling behind me. I didn’t pay attention because I was breaking up a fight between my kids. But the third time the person yelled, I turned around.

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Great way of presenting the Bystander Effect to climate change. If we all reduce our carbon footprints 5 to 10 percent per year for the next several years, maybe we can make the difference.
Thank you The WIP for posting this article. I would also love to see more coverage and reminders of what we can do to reduce our carbon footprints. I imagine most of your readers would love to feel empowered and less hopeless in that regard.

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