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We could all do this and share our findings ! - online carbon footprint calculator. Calculate CO2 emissions from Cars, Flights, Home and Public Transport.

This is an interesting app that allows you to share the availability in your car with others you have the app. If you're taking a long trip, or even if you're just running to the grocery, this app helps facilitate car pooling and thus reduces carbon emissions.

This conference went into how we can sequester carbon from the atmosphere into the ground by using holistic land management. Even if we cut emissions CO2 still needs to be removed from the atmosphere. These are the videos from the conference.

An article on how growing wheat differently can help sequester carbon from the atmosphere and keep it in the ground

Hemp is such an amazing plant. From it an array of oils, plastics, paints and twine can be created ... of such strength Kentuckians were able to avoid WWII draft by staying home and growing hemp. The fiber of this plant is so strong, that the government was eager to have farmers plant and grow it (with government provided seeds) so that the best parachutes, laces and other materials could be made for soldiers and the war. "Breathing in 4x the carbon dioxide (CO2) of trees during it's quick 12-14 week growing cycle. Trees take 20 years to mature vs 4 months for Industrial Hemp" So why are we still clearing forests and avoiding the CO2 sync of this marvelous resource???