Climate Action Team Training Series

Session #3: Transportation

Julio Magalhães, PhD Global Warming Program Coordinator Loma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club

Overview of Today’s Session 1. Observation Worksheets:

“Seeing your impact”

2. Basic Information:

“Cars & driving impacts”

3. Activities:

“Seeing your car’s impact & opportunities to save”

4. Personal Goal Setting 5. Conclusion / Action Items 6. Questions

Observation Worksheets: “Seeing Your Impact”

Review Your Electricity Goal & Experience

Observation Worksheet: Seeing Your Individual Savings!

Find your individual totals from this past week

Seeing Your Group’s Impact !

Balloons saved Sessions 1 &2

40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 Cool Cats Saving the world Green team Going green Firefly Team girls Ряд1 Ряд2

Observation Worksheet: Team Totals For Session #3

Group Totals: Balloons Saved ?

230 1-liter balloons (volume) How many did your team save between Session #2 & #3 (this past week) ?

Basic Information

Human Energy Behaviors: Using Gasoline CO 2 How many balloons per mile?

230 !

What percentage of the gasoline’s energy actually goes into moving the car? 13 %

“Smart Driving” Best mileage Engine friction Air drag

Savings:

35 balloons / mile Equivalent to paying $0.38 less for a gallon of gas !

Activity #1: Getting to Know Your Car’s Impact

The Impact of Your Driving 1. Estimate your daily gasoline consumption

2 options:

# gallons purchased / # of days OR # miles / # of days / m.p.g.

2. Calculate daily CO 2 emissions: = daily gallons x 4600 balloons 3. Calculate daily cost of gasoline: = daily gallons x cost per gal.

Activity #2: Finding “Trip-Linking” Opportunities

Weekly Errands Worksheet 1. Review when and where you run errands by car. 2. Mark on the chart when you do these errands 3. Shade in those errands you already combine into one trip 4. Circle and link with line those opportunities for trip-linking

Personal Goal Setting

Transportation Behaviors: Examples On Worksheet How many of you have made these “default” low-energy transportation behaviors part of your lives?

More choices for low energy behaviors…

Climate Protection Action Menu: Transportation

Climate Protection Action Menu: Transportation (cont.)

Thoughts on Earlier Goal & Set a Specific New Goal

Conclusion

Training Series Schedule

Action Items for Session 4 1. Finalize and work toward your personal transportation goal 2. Monitor & record your “Observation Worksheet” practices during the week 3. Compute your individual & team totals before class (balloons & dollars saved) 4. Plot your cumulative savings on “My Total Savings Worksheet” 5. Continue to practice your low-electricity goal!

Questions?

The End