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Friday, September 22, 2006

City As a Ballard resident, I couldn’t be more proud…

Posted by MEGAN SELING on September 22 at 15:50 PM

Al Gore recently said this while giving a speech at NYU:

Individual Americans of all ages are becoming a part of a movement, asking what they can do as individuals and what they can do as consumers and as citizens and voters. Many individuals and businesses have decided to take an approach known as “Zero Carbon.” They are reducing their CO2 as much as possible and then offsetting the rest with reductions elsewhere including by the planting of trees. At least one entire community — Ballard, a city of 18,000 people in Washington State — is embarking on a goal of making the entire community zero carbon.

Haw!

(Thanks, Seattlest.)

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1

Huzzah for Ballard!!!!

Posted by imaginary dana | September 22, 2006 3:58 PM

2

I nominate Megan Seling for Mayor of the city of Ballard.

Posted by David Schmader | September 22, 2006 4:02 PM

3

Ballard's got a lot to make up for. Is there a more treeless neighborhood in Seattle? Get to work, guys!

Posted by Fnarf | September 22, 2006 4:12 PM

4

Here in Fremont we'll see your Zero Carbon and raise you! We're going for Fair Trade Organic Zero Carbon with a Beer and Chocolate topping and we'll throw in construction of a Planetary System next to Lenin for FREE!

P.S.: Can we have your cupcakes?

Posted by Will in Seattle | September 22, 2006 4:16 PM

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With all those hipsters in ballard driving vintage cars? Seems like another one of those pc environmentally friendly statements seattlites like to put on paper, but do very little in way of action to fulfill the imperative.

Posted by neo-realist | September 22, 2006 4:21 PM

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Will, You can have some cupcakes but only if you share your gelato.

Posted by Megan Seling | September 22, 2006 4:34 PM

7

You left off the last word. It should read "carbon paper." Next on the Ballard hit list is manual typwriters.

Posted by Slip Mahoney | September 22, 2006 5:22 PM

8

Trees, trees, trees.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | September 22, 2006 5:48 PM

9

SECEDE! Even Al Gore thinks you're a separate city, Ballard.

Posted by Gomez | September 22, 2006 6:44 PM

10

Secede & take Megan's gorebasm with you.

Posted by milhous | September 24, 2006 2:24 PM

11

Please move back to Capitol Hill.

Posted by A Nony Mouse | September 25, 2006 3:26 AM

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