Luke Mayba

It's very important for the Church and its members to take a positive and assertive role on the climate change issue. For those of us who call ourselves Christians, our faith compells us, and will strengthen us, to make the changes to our lives and our society that are necessary to preserve God's world.

I have completed the Greenhouse Gas Calculator and am ready to share my results!	Yes
Your Name	Luke Mayba
Congregation	Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver
Number of individuals living in your household	2
Do you own or rent your living space?	Rent
My current yearly emissions are:	3.85
I have committed to reducing my yearly emissions by this amount (in tonnes):	3.00

Take measures to reduce my water consumption (especially hot water consumption).

Replace light-bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs; turn off lights when I am not in a room.

Install timers/motion detectors on outdoor lights.

Choose Energy Star appliances and electronics equipment when replacing old ones.

Reduce, reuse, recycle (in that order) when it comes to home waste.

Compost kitchen waste.

Avoid pesticide and herbicide use.

Buy-locally grown produce.

Grow some of my own food.

I will increase the pressure I put on politicians to impose regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions by: writing and phoning their offices regularly, and writing letters to newspapers and calling in to radio programmes. I have also organized a petition at my work. Finally, I talk more regularly about climate change with those around me, and I continue reading on the subject.