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CUTTING THEIR CUBES!

We built a very large cube to show how much climate-changing CO2 the average Sacramentan generates in a year (10 of these). The goal is to cut our cubes.

What’s the connection between Cut Your Cubes and the CoolCalifornia Challenge? Cut Your Cubes is Sacramento’s very own long-term campaign to reduce our carbon emissions. The CoolCalifornia Challenge, which will end in March, is one project of Cut Your Cubes. The Challenge is a fun competition with other cities and, as you rack up points, you not only have more chances to win prizes but so does the City…we’ve already won $11,000 for Sacramento’s carbon-cutting efforts!

Image: Charles Chenault, AccessLocal.TV

Cut Your Cubes Scavenger Hunt on
October 20—Save the Date!

Solve the great downtown scavenger hunt. Prizes too. Watch this space and our Facebook page (CoolSacramento) for clues and information.

Image: Cnyenergychallenge.org

Congratulations, Aaron!!

This week’s raffle winner is Aaron, who won a cool Philips LED bulb, valued at $25. It is a standard size (A19) 12.5 watt dimmable 800 lumen 60 w replacement that matches incandescent color. It has a 22.8-year rating, and will save $130.62 over its lifetime!

Image: Sacramento News and Review

Sacramento Climate Hero: Joe Zaniker

"I think yards that are landscaped to save water are so much more interesting to look at,” says Joe Zaniker of his beautiful garden. Water generates greenhouse gases through the energy used to pump, transport, and treat water and wastewater. Help by creating your own water-friendly yard!
Here are 100 ways to conserve water.

Looking for Sacramento Climate Heroes

What are you doing to cut your cubes? If you or someone you know has a story to tell or tip to share, please email climateaction@cityofsacramento.org. We’ll highlight a climate hero each week in this newsletter!

Image: Wikimedia Commons, Al Silonov

Tip of the Week: Let the Sun Dry Your Clothes

Dryers are energy hogs. One of the best and easiest ways to save energy (and money) is to line dry your clothes (or use an indoor drying rack). Don’t like crunchy towels? Add ½ cup of vinegar to the load and the clothes will be softer.

Sign up Your Friends!

Sacramento is in 4th place but you can help us move up in the CoolCalifornia ranks by logging in your energy bills and odometer readings once a month (remember, you can go all the way back to March). And sign up a friend, co-worker, or neighbor. Each sign-up is worth 100 points and logging your energy use can give you 1000’s of points. How high can you go?

Follow Us!

Stay cool and keep up the good work!! And don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter at CoolSacramento, or go to Cutyourcubes.com for information, tips, clues, and more!

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