Participating in the Live Net Zero Challenge, a London, Ontario family found that some fixes were simple and others involved a steep learning curve.
“The urgency for climate action is continually mounting. Canadians are broadly concerned, even anxious and they want to know how to contribute,” said Aran O’Carroll, the national director of environment at Canadian Geographic. “We want to support Canadians to take action to adopt a safer, more affordable, more comfortable, carbon-reduced, Net Zero lifestyle.”
“We’ve always been aware of environmental stuff and tried to be better, but this taught us that we can improve our lives at the same time,” Vineet said. “We don’t talk about this as being for the greater good. These are positive lifestyle choices.” Then last summer, Andrea applied for the Live Net Zero Challenge on a whim and promptly forgot about it. So when she later found out that she had been selected to participate — which came with a $10,000 cheque — her attitude was that she’d already won.
Together, they set to work with each challenge, riding high for the first one on commuting , but quickly getting taken down a notch when it came to electricity usage.After figuring out they consumed more electricity than the average Canadian household, Vineet bought a meter and walked around the house to find wasted electricity.
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