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jonconbon: getting rid of my beloved Mini and use car sharing

on 31 Jan 2013 in London Fields, London

I ADORE my Mini, but it's not great on fuel economy, and as it's now rather old, I cannot rent it out to others on Whipcar. I'm all for collaborative consumption, and with the recent rise in carsharing around Hackney, I'm going to use the various cars offered by Zipcar, Connect by Hertz and Car2Go. I'll be tweeting my experiences on @jonconbon ;)

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getting rid of my beloved Mini and use car sharing

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List of pledges

Total saved: 685 kg CO2

07 May 2013
Potential savings of 7KG of CO2
I pledge to use my dryer 50% less, and hang washing up to dry as much as possible for the next 2 months, seeing as the weather is getting warmer!
Jaqs pledged Walk on
01 May 2013
Potential savings of 14KG of CO2
im going to buy a trolley thing and pull the shopping back from the village, still cant believe this doesnt save as much as the chocolate deprivation. mortified
Jaqs pledged Do diet
01 May 2013
Potential savings of 36KG of CO2
shocked how such small sacrifice can save so much
Jaqs pledged Just hanging
01 May 2013
Potential savings of 15KG of CO2
Yes I will trek out into the garden. I even bought new pegs
01 May 2013
Potential savings of 15KG of CO2
I will now wash at lower temperature
10 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 6KG of CO2
Johnny, what a star performer, especially from someone who loves cars, but think of the variety of cars you can enjoy now - you go girl. J
09 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 34KG of CO2
I'm going to make a serious effort to buy locally and seasonally - it will be a fun challenge!
09 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 39KG of CO2
I'm going to do all five and also stop my foot hovering over the clutch!

From: 16 pledges

09 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 91KG of CO2
I am aiming for minimal food waste - I am going to buy less and waste nothing!
Charries pledged Eat up
07 Jan 2013
Potential savings of 91KG of CO2
I hate waste, really loathe it, but I know I could do more. I'm going to buy more veg and make a soup each week
03 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 49KG of CO2
Commiting to unplugging everything we don't need to leave on.
03 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 119KG of CO2
Jason and I will both reduce our showers by at least 5mins. We will shorten 24 showers/wk between us.
03 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 55KG of CO2
03 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 3KG of CO2
We're committing to carrying out all our regular washes at 30'C. We already use 40'c short/eco cycles as well as delicate/wool washes to reduce our carbon print
03 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 12KG of CO2
I've been thinking about doing this for some time!
03 Jan 2013
Confirmed savings of 12KG of CO2
I'm pledging to eat meat only once per week. Go Johnny go! xx