B09: Carbon Footprint Series: In Your Garden Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/24/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

I have set up this environmental themed caching series so that people will learn how easy it is to make small changes in their lives that will benefit the environment, and can also save them some money as well.

A carbon footprint is the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product. An individual, nation or organization's carbon footprint is measured by a GHG emissions assessment. Once the size of a carbon footprint is known, a strategy can be devised to reduce it.

Carbon offsets, or the mitigation of carbon emissions through the development of alternative projects such as solar or wind energy or reforestation, represent one way of managing a carbon footprint.

In Your Garden

- Use perennial vegetables instead of annuals (there are more than you think!)
- Plant edibles including trees, vines, bushes, mushrooms, and ground-covers, to reduce your carbon footprint and have a "farmer's market at home".
- Avoid using leaf blowers and other dust-producing equipment.
- Leave grass clippings on the yard they decompose and return nutrients to the soil.
- Use recycled wood chips to keep the weeds down, retain moisture, and prevent erosion.
- Plant marigolds to ward off pests rather than a pesticide.
- Water grass early in the morning.
- Borrow seldomly used items such as ladders, chain saws, and party decorations.
- Put leaves in a compost heap instead of burning them or throwing them away.
- Install water barrels to collect rain water from eaves troughs. Place a small bucket in your sink to collect water when washing produce. Use this water in the garden.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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