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Cascadia Scorecard News--January 2007
Two high-tech solutions to car sharing; the best of fascinating facts on getting around and the things that fuel us.
01/15/2007Cars and trucks are everywhere. And everywhere you go, you see parked cars, and empty seats in the moving ones. Those four or more spare seats in a single-occupant car, or a parked one, are just sitting there, depreciating. So forget jet packs and flying cars, the transportation of the future may be more about taking advantage of all those idle cars and unused seats. Enter two ideas based on the benefits of sharing, both being given a boost by advances in information technology: high-tech hitchhiking and renting our parked cars. Find out more. The Facts about Getting Around Here at Sightline, we like counting things. 2006 was a year full of interesting statistics, so we thought we’d share a few of the more telling stats we ran across last year about how we get around and the fuel we use to do it—from our food to parking to gasoline, of course. Find out about: How many miles to the gallon do your feet get? Why will Seattle need 20 more blocks of parking garages? Are we using more or less gas than in 1999? Doing the (Cheapest, Easiest and Most Fun) Right Thing: Pacific Northwest Magazine tells the story of the Durning family's quest to align their lives with their values, and Sightline's mission to change the system. Donate Today: Invest in good research, useful reports and tools, and a positive future for Cascadia by making a tax-deductible gift to Sightline today. You can give online, via mail, or by calling Stacey at (206) 447-1880, ext. 107. Thank you! For a convenient and even more powerful way to contribute, consider our monthly giving program. Our Health, Our Environment: Making the Link: The 2007 Environmental Health Lecture Series brings national speakers to speak on “seeking solutions” with nanotech & precaution, biofuels, and sustainable systems. Seattle, Washington, January-March. National Day of Action on Climate Change, April 14: Hundreds of rallies are being organized nationwide in every state, and in many of America's most iconic places—from the levees in New Orleans, to the melting glaciers on Mt. Rainier. Organize your own rally outside your church, in cornfields and forests, and on statehouse steps. | | New monthly donors sign up—Sightline earns challenge grant! Join the National Day of Action on Climate Change: April 14 Seattle's Great Viaduct Debate--the series Scorecard Weblog The Cost of Climate Change: Reducing emissions may be expensive, but not as much as the actual global warming. Happiness, the Danish Way California & Coal Measure 37 to Oregonians: "Shut Up" Forest Fire Sale Alan Durning at UW on February 28: Check our events section closer to the date for details. Read 40 newspapers in 2 minutes. Sign up for the Weekly Score. |
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