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Apps revisited

Apps revisited

a few ecofriendly apps that “just” showed up on my phone….. OffCents ( offset your Co2, earn rewards). Ecosia Plant trees with your searches: Yes this sounded too good to be true so I checked it out on line and it appeared to be legit: they are a search engine that uses 80% of their profits to support organizations that plant trees. I downloaded it. It uses a feedback system to show how many trees are planted and how many…

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Walk the Walk

Walk the Walk

Yesterday I went to a meeting about “sustainability in Ann Arbor” A bit out of my comfort zone, I ended up at a Nature Conservancy presentation, surrounded by healthy looking, gray haired, probably some formerly hippy associated people, listening to a talk based on a scholarly paper that shows that with a few not too drastic changes in our behavior we actually still can save this planet and live her peacefully ( all 9 billion of us) come 2050. https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/our-insights/scientific-papers/the-science-of-sustainability/…

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There is an APP for that

There is an APP for that

I am just finding out 🙂 a few ecofriendly apps that “just” showed up on my phone….. OffCents ( offset your Co2, earn rewards). Ecosia Plant trees with your searches: Yes this sounded too good to be true so I checked it out on line and it appeared to be legit: they are a search engine that uses 80% of their profits to support organizations that plant trees. I downloaded it. It uses a feedback system to show how many…

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