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How to halve your emissions
How to cut your emissions in half - good roundup from Treehugger of Graham Hill's Gel 2009 talk (including the video of the talk):
According to Hill, by following his simple "weight loss" plan just one day a week, you can save $1000, lose 10 tons of carbon and be healthier. The tips offered are really fascinating such as how a NY-Bangkok trip generates half of your annual carbon emissions - in one trip! Yikes! So, choosing your plane and combining trips really does impact the emissions your generate. Essentially by becoming a smarter shopper, (food, flying, green power) you can at least cut your emissions in half, which is a bigger impact than just using a canvas shopping bag.
See also: Video of Graham Hill, Treehugger.com founder, at Gel 2009
I like better the idea of everyone doing something small. It works better for people like me, who aren't going to Bangkok in the first place. Also, I went up on http://www.terrapass.com/ and the numbers I got for the NY-LA roundtrip -- actually I picked LA-Newark because it gets you to NYC and has about 50 pounds less carbon than to JFK were WAY less than the 3.6 tons that Graham Hill put on his slide.
For me, a good user experience is when numbers are so implausible that it makes me research them, and then I find out that they're bogus. I love that! But for Graham Hill, it is not a good experience for me to have that experience when listening to his talk. (I didn't listen to the rest of his talk after that).
Yeah, I've never even BEEN to Bangkok, so I will continue to focus on what I can do... canvas shopping bag and all.