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<br />can implement to achieve the 5.000 pound goal and highlights a wide range of options a person <br />can employ to reduce their emissions. <br /> <br />For example: <br /> <br />. Switching from a 60 gallon garbage can to a 30 gallon garbage can saves 3.100 pounds <br />annually; <br />. Installing a low-flow shower head and cutting shower time to five minute saves 300 <br />pounds per household resident annually; <br />. Substituting one vegetarian meal in place of one meat meal per week saves 700 pounds <br />of carbon annually; <br />. Replacing an incandescent light bulb with a fluorescent one saves 100 pounds of carbon <br />annually; <br />. Keeping your car tuned up and with the appropriate tire pressure saves 1,500 pounds of <br />carbon annually; <br />. Tuning up a furnace every year saves 800 pounds of carbon annually; and <br />. Replacing a car that gets 20 mph with one that gets 40 mph saves 5,000 pounds of <br />carbon annually (assuming 10,000 miles driven per year). <br /> <br />The 100 households in the pilot program are broken into groups of 10 with a facilitator from one of <br />the households who checks in with other members of their group. The idea is that similar to <br />Weight Watchers, the low Carbon Diet's success will depend on peer support. <br /> <br />Sears says that the pilot program is attracting a lot of positive attention, "The only negative <br />comment so far is that the pilot is too small," commented Sears. A second pilot will start in 2009 <br />but ultimately Sears says the city's goal is to engage 75 percent of Davis' 25,000 households in <br />the program. <br /> <br />City staff is collecting ideas from participants to help make the program more Davis focused since <br />the worl<book is not tailored to the city but based on more general concepts. Sears mentioned <br />they will be looking at integrating actions that fit the Sacramento Valley Mediterranean climate <br />such as the installation of a whole house fan and native plants to replace a typical grass yard. <br /> <br />Please visit the City of Davis' Web site for more information about the city's low Carbon Diet pilot <br />program. <br />www.citvofdavis.orQ/OQs/Sustainabilitvllcd main.cfm <br /> <br />Information about the worl<book the city is using can be found on the Empowerment Institute's <br />Web site. www.empowermentinstitute.netllcd/ <br /> <br />Cool California has a tool to calculate your carbon footprint at www.coolcalifomia.org. <br /> <br />Find a Bill, Legislators, Leg Committee, or Ask League Leg Staff <br /> <br />Visit (and bookmark!) the League's leaislative Resources Web page <br />(www.cacities.omlle9resources). You'll find a roster and contact information for the League's <br />legislative staff; the online Bill Search program, background materials on lobbying your <br />legislators, and more. <br /> <br />8A <br />Page 9 <br /> <br />9 <br />