What are you doing personally to make a difference? * Introduced the free hybrid electric buses in Queen Street (the red City Circuit buses) that now carry 1.25 million people every year (the most successful bus servicein Auckland!).
* Installed power saving lighting system in our family home.
* We compost rather than use the waste disposal unit.
* On our coastal block we use rainwater supply rather than the mains system.
* We are also planting native trees on our coastal block.
* We use recyclable shopping bags.
* We buy organic food where possible (we're nuts about the Allpress organic coffee especially!).
And of course the carbon footprint of my Vespa is extremely small! I use it daily as opposed to the family car.
What more could you do? We are costing, but have not yet installed, solar panels. I could trade in my Vespa for the just released electric scooter. When Karen Walker's Swanndri range comes out with a new hemp-blend shirt, I will be there.
What is your biggest environmental sin? I haven't cut the umbilical cord to our family car. It may be sitting mostly unused in my garage due to my Vespa travel but with two little girls I still need this backstop.
