Climate Sacrifice Survey

Brattleboro Common Sense
Climate Sacrifice Survey

We’re exploring the personal boundaries of comfort and convenience that influence what we think of as “reasonable” or “radical” conservation proposals. These are just the surface level of sacrifice we might have to face in the future. How far would you go today?

The survey is a constantly evolving community creation. It is a conversation, so please let us know what you’re thinking along the way, in the comment boxes.

    Resource Rationing / Bans: Would you be amenable to:

    1. Wearing an extra layer of clothing at work (low thermostat setting)?
    ProbablyHmm...Too Far
        A block of computers-off time at work?
    ProbablyHmm...Too Far

    When and how?

    2. A daily ban on water use?
        3 hours? ProbablyHmm...Too Far
        5 hours? ProbablyHmm...Too Far
        7 hours? ProbablyHmm...Too Far

    What block of hours?

    Ideas for accommodating this change at work and home?

    Conversation:

    3. Mandatory home fuel rationing, with medical exemptions?
    ProbablyHmm...Too Far

    4. Gasoline rationing?
    ProbablyHmm...Too Far

     

    Travel: Would you be willing to:

    5. Use buses instead of a car within a 25-mile range (From Brattleboro to Bellows Falls or Greenfield)?
        If it added to your trip:
    30 minutes60 minutes90 minutes

    6. According to ability, walk to local appointments and tasks, if it added to your trip:
    15 minutes30 minutes60 minutes90 minutes

    7. Limit vacations to one-state-away distances? ProbablyHmm...Too Far
        Give up vacation travel altogether? ProbablyHmm...Too Far

    8. Not go to a close-family event if it required cross-continental or intercontinental travel?
        Graduation: ProbablyHmm...Too Far
        Wedding: ProbablyHmm...Too Far
        Funeral: ProbablyHmm...Too Far

     

    What other sacrifices are you willing to make?

     

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    Check Out the Results from 2019 Brattleboro Events

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