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In October of 2007 Gregor Barnum from Seventh Generation, Jasna Brown from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Bob Ferris from Yestermorrow Design/Build School gathered at a cafe in Waitsfield, Vermont. The topic of their meeting was a concern over global warming, but more specfically what could the three of them with their various contacts do to start a movement based on David Gershon's low carbon diet book. The three of them gathered together friends to form eco-teams in the Mad River Valley in Vermont and the group eventually became known as the Carbon Shredders. Before long the Carbon Shredders became a force to reconned with in the Valley forming eco-teams and eventually getting three out of the four townships in the Valley to pass carbon reduction resolutions. The organizers of the Bonnaroo Musci and Arts Festival noticed the success of the Mad River Carbon Shredders and out of this the Bonnaroo Carbon Shredders were born. With these two successes the Carbon Shredder movement is starting to become viral with new carbon shredding clubs and groups forming in real and electronic communities. We are very excited about this and also the fact that we have a DoYouPart carbon footprint calculator (www.carbonshredders.org) that tracks the cummulative impact of our efforts. Shred don't dread!
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July 1, 2008 - 6:31pm
We have miles to go before we sleep, before we move the paradigm to the next evolution when realizing the impact of all our decisions Seven Generations out is the MO; how do we do this given the enormous time constraints we all feel? Here are some words of wisdom that can renew the will to move change forward from Peter Senge’s (ChangeAgent guru) The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook:
"People who are convinced that a vision or result is important, who can see clearly that they must change their life in order to reach that result, and who commit themselves to that result nonetheless, do indeed feel compelled. They have assimilated the vision not just consciously, but unconsciously, at a level where it changes more of their behavior. They have a sense of deliberate patience--with themselves and the world--and more attentiveness to what is going on around them. All of this produces a sustained sense of energy and enthusiasm, which (often after a delay) produces some tangible results, which can then make the energy and enthusiasm stronger."
Barnum
August 1, 2008 - 2:00pm
Congratulations on being mentioned on the floor of Congress this morning! Way to go Carbon Shredders!
http://yestermorrowschool.blogspot.com/2008/08/carbon-shredders-recogniz...
July 1, 2008 - 9:49am
Here is the team getting ready to board the solar bus on the way down to Bonnaroo--a twenty-four hour trip powered by bio-diesel, veggie oil, and good intentions.