Cool Resources
Here's a bunch of cool resources to help you on your path to help the planet. If you've got other resources you think we should know about, share them with us at info@car-free-days.org or on our community blog.
-Check out these facts about driving in the US. US car facts.
-Download, print out and distribute our Car Free Days brochure. Car Free Days brochure.
-In the mood for some music, check out this hot new song by the Long Hairz Collective about global warming. Burning. To find out more about the album Burning CD. For info about the artist Joe Reilly.
-Here's a humorous and very informative article by Andrew Postman about his struggles to go on an energy diet.
This is the web site for the World Car Free Network. There's great information here. Also check out information on World Car Free Day.
This inspiring graduation speech given by high school senior Jennifer Leigh Levye is about more than global warming. But somehow it seems very fitting. See if you agree. Jennifer Levye.
If you haven't already seen our Car Free Days posters, check them out. Download them. Print them. And display them in your community. Help us get the message out. posters.
By now you probably know the impact that driving has on global warming, but how you eat also has an impact. eating and global warming.
Cool Links
Ideal Bite gives you hundreds of fun ways to be help the planet by being an aware and "green" consumer. All the information is presented in a fun and accessible way. Ideal Bite.
A wonderful web site connected to Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth". Lots of useful information. climate crisis.
There are a number of online calculators to help you determine your carbon footprint. Here's one from the climate crisis web site. carbon calculator. You can find more through Google.
We are very lucky to have many groups working on this important issue. Here are just a few.
Natural Resources Defense Council
United Nations Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change
September 22, 2008
This is the date for World Car Free Day. Can you help us meet our goal of 100,000 Car Free Days by then? Click here to Pledge
Download our brochure
Download our Car Free Days brochure. Print it on your color printer or bring the PDF file to a printer. Distribute brochures in your community. Car Free Days brochure.
Practice ideas
To find ways to practice Car Free Days, helpful tips and other actions you can take to reduce your carbon footprint, click here: Practice Tips.
20 Fun Things to do on Car Free Days
What can you do on your Car Free Days? Plenty. Click here to find just a few: Fun Things To Do.
