10 states produce 1/2 of all emissions in the US. Indiana is one of them. This is Project Drawdown for Indiana.
Nobody believed running a 4 minute mile was possible. Then Roger Bannister did it. Within two years so did 37 others. This is the power of stories. Hundreds of Hoosiers are already implementing Project Drawdown stories. Here they are. When will your story be here?
A third of the food raised or prepared does not make it from farm or factory to fork… [This food which] we waste is responsible for roughly 8 percent of global emissions. Project Drawdown – Solution #3 Reduced Food Waste The Indiana Recycling Coalition started IFSI in 2015. Now they have working groups focused on […]
Today, 314,000 wind turbines supply nearly 4 percent of global electricity, and it will soon be much more… An increase in onshore wind from 3 to 4 percent of world electricity use to 21.6 percent by 2050 could reduce emissions by 84.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide. Project Drawdown – Solution #2 Wind Turbines (Onshore) Over […]
HFCs [are chemicals in refrigeration systems and] have 1,000 to 9,000 times greater capacity to warm the atmosphere than carbon dioxide… Because 90 percent of refrigerant emissions happen at end of life, effective disposal of those currently in circulation is essential. After being carefully removed and stored, refrigerants can be purified for reuse or transformed […]
[Rooftop] solar… can grow from .4 percent of electricity generation globally to 7 percent by 2050… Over three decades, the technology could save $3.4 trillion in home energy costs. Project Drawdown – #10 Rooftop Solar “Since 2008, the Solar Indiana Renewable Energy Network (SIREN) has been a leading educator and promoter of renewable energy and […]
Did you know we throw away 30-40% of our food? And that: The food we waste is responsible for roughly 8 percent of global emissions. Project Drawdown – #3 Reduced Food Waste Imagine you’re at a catered event. Maybe it’s a wedding, awards ceremony, or conference. Now imagine 40% of that delicious food being dumped […]
Did you know that about 40% of all food is wasted? And that this accounts for 8% of all greenhouse gas emissions? Don’t worry, few people realized this until Project Drawdown identified reducing food waste as the third most impactful thing we can do to reverse global warming. And did you know that Indiana is […]
What if every building with a flat roof had a beautiful garden? [Green roofs moderate] building temperatures year-round—cooler in summer, warmer in winter. Because the energy required for heating and air-conditioning is curbed, greenhouse gas emissions are lower, as are costs. Project Drawdown solution #73 – Green Roofs Notre Dame has the largest green roof […]
Heat pumps work like refrigerators — they transfer heat from a cold space to a hot one. Ball State’s heat pump system uses underground pipes to heat and cool 47 buildings, saving $2 million annually. The building sector worldwide uses approximately 32 percent of all energy generated; more than one-third of that is for heating […]
Did you know that peatlands — aka bogs or mires — only make up 3% of the Earth’s land area but store twice the amount of carbon as all of the world’s forests? Protecting them is an immense opportunity to manage global greenhouse gases. And did you know Indiana has many peatlands? Little River Wetlands Project is […]
Throughout history, nobody believed they could run a 4 minute mile. Then one day… Roger Bannister did it. Within two years so did 37 others. Once these people knew it was possible they could break an “impossible” barrier. This is the power of success stories. Over 100 Hoosiers are already implementing Project Drawdown solutions. Most of them just […]