Carpool to school regularly
Why This is Green
If you drive yourself or your kids to school every day, take a moment now to consider how many people are driving to the exact same place. Now visualize of all the empty seats in all of those cars. Seems kind of silly, doesn’t it? Carpooling to the rescue!
Carpooling is an effective means of reducing your environmental impact and saving money by maximizing the number of people going to school per gallon of gasoline. The more you carpool, the more your wallet, car, and the environment will thank you. Reducing the weekly mileage on your automobile lengthens its lifetime, saves you money on gas, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Do the math: if two families decide to carpool together even one day a week, then 20 trips a week would turn into 18 trips—a 10 percent savings! And so on. It adds up fast, especially if you carpool regularly. Just think of what you can do with all of that time you save.
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How To
Find a neighbor whose children attend the same school or fellow students with a similar school schedule. Offer to coordinate a regular carpool. An online calendar can help avoid mix-ups, and provides an easy shared way to coordinate times around scheduled activities.
Don’t be put off if the stars align only a few days a week; you’re still making a positive impact. Carpooling may also work for kids’ afterschool activities.
If you have the choice between several cars, try taking the most fuel efficient one.
