I’ve done it! I ran 10km over the weekend for the first time. To be honest, i had my doubts about whether i actually could do a whole 10km. But i did. I even improved my average pace from 7.5 min/km to 6.2 min/km. I’m not sure what that really means in the running world, but i’m pretty happy with the result. Now that i know i can do the run, I’ll be concentrating on keeping my fitness up and improving my time. I’m hoping to get down to about 5 min/km, but that might be wishful thinking.

In the past week, since i’ve looked at my carbon footprint, my shopping habits have changed. I now look critically at anything i buy and opt for the least amount of packaging. I’m washing out jars and tins and I’m recycling all plastic material. I’m also now more aware of how often I leave lights on in the house and how I drive everywhere. Right now i’m looking at other ways i can reduce my carbon footprint apart from recycling plastic. Ill let you know what i come up with.

Kasia @ WWF

Nearly a week has passed since I joined up to the Nike Human Race. Training is coming along nicely. My biggest hurdle is being able to run for a long distance without getting too bored. Luckily my iPod helps me out, giving me a little swing to each step.
I’ve been very impressed with the Nike+ program on my iPod. I love how you can set targets (time or distance) and it provides updates on the speed you are travelling and how much further you have left to go. It’s also really cool how you can plug your iPod into your computer, connect it with your Nike+ account and see a visual graph of how you did in the run. You can then see when you slow down, or if you do at all!

As part of training for this race I decided to look at what climate change means. For my first step, I took a look at my carbon footprint using WWF’s footprint calculator. I was astonished that my current lifestyle uses 2 earths! The footprint calculator allows you to pledge certain reductions in your lifestyle and shows the impact these pledges will have.
My pledge for the coming weeks is to purchase products that use less packaging or are made out of 100% (PCR) recycled material. This will lower my impact to 1.7 earths. In the week of the Nike Human Race (31st of August) I’ll re-do my footprint calculation and see if I was able to reduce my impact to 1.7 earths.
Good luck to everyone else who is training. Today I will be trying my first 10km run.
Kasia @ WWF

Hi! I’m Kasia, WWF’s online manager and Nike’s newest entrant in the Nike Human Race.

Having recently moved back to Sydney from my Queensland permaculture hobby farm, I’m actively looking at ways I can further reduce my footprint. Working with WWF and its inspiring people, I see the amazing effort put into conserving our natural environment. Out of the office, I’m usually found in the great outdoors… the remoter the better.

I’m not a runner, but when I heard about the Nike Human Race I thought running with a million other people from around the world, united in making a difference for themselves and the three charities, was a great chance for me to get fit while I also make lifestyle changes to reduce my impact on the environment.

Follow my journey as I train for the Nike Human Race and run for WWF.
Kasia @ WWF

WWF’s forests expert Jana, has put together a few tips on reducing the impact of paper use on the environment.

• Think before you print! Can you read that document on the screen and circulate it by email, instead of printing out several copies?
• Collect all waste paper for recycling.
• Use papers made from post-consumer waste recycled fibre. Where virgin fibre is used look for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo, to ensure your paper comes from a well-managed forest.
  

Tips and Tools

• Never tick the box on a form saying you would like to receive more information.
• Stick a “no junk mail” sign on your letterbox and write to people who send you junk mail asking to be removed from their database.
• Use scraps of paper for notes instead of post-its.
• Re-use envelopes by using address labels.
• Archive information electronically.
• Print double sided
• Use the blank sides of unneeded single-sided copies for printing drafts.
• Use outdated letterhead for in-house memos.
• Designate a printer for draft printing and use only used paper in its paper tray.
• Set up office systems to pass reports/magazines/newspapers around to multiple readers, rather than ordering and producing multiple copies.
• Keep paper for recycling separate from other paper supplies.
• Use thinner paper.

The thickness of paper we use makes a big difference both in terms of cost as well as the amount of paper used. You can find the reference to the thickness of paper on the package, mostly ranging from 60gsm or g/m2 (grams per square metre) to 100gsm.

Heavier weight sheets use more fibre, cost more per sheet and cost more to post. Most printers work well with 70gsm and 80gsm. Using thinner paper most often does not change the performance and can save money too.

Paper with a basis weight of

• 60gsm uses and costs 20% more than 50gsm;
• 70gsm uses and costs 15% more than 60gsm;
• 80gsm uses and costs 12% more than 70gsm;
• 100gsm uses and costs 20% more than 80gsm

Lets all do our part and buy paper with the least amount of impact on the environment!

Hi – I’m Lydia, WWF Australia’s Tropical Marine and Coastal Policy Manager and I am so excited to be part of WWF’s campaign to Save the Coral Sea.

I just spent the last few days in Port Douglas meeting with the some wonderful scientists from James Cook University to learn more about the beautiful Dwarf MinkeWhale. These magnificent creatures are a regular visitor of the Northern Great Barrier Reef between June and July and are known to inhabit the Coral Sea. It was fascinating to learn about these research that James Cook University are doing in collaboration Museum of tropical Queensland and Undersea Explorer – apparently the whales have been shown to exhibit a behavior called pirouetting where they spin vertically in water like a ballerina - amazing!

During my time in Cairns I could not resist a trip out to the Great Barrier reef to – it was an truly mind blowing experience the diversity of life was phenomenal such a hub of activity with parrot fish grazing the reefs, the odd damsel fish having a tiff with one of his/her friend and ofcourse those beautiful clownfish hiding in wave of sea anemone tentacles! I was even lucky enough to spot a white–tip reef shark. As I dived amongst this wonderful diversity I could help thinking about the Coral Sea and how the marine life is in some ways so similar to the barrier reef and yet also quite different - with many fish and coral species found only in the Coral Sea and ofcourse you would be more likely to come across sharks too! I really hit home just how important it is that we do our best to protect the Coral Sea as we do with the Great Barrier Reef so that it too can be enjoyed by future generations to come.

Future generations face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if we carry on trashing the environment. Sounds like a stark warning, from WWF, as the world celebrates World Environment Day.

I’ve taken it upon myself today, to research what kind of future we all have in a world were environmental issues are in the news everywhere.

Food, clean water, medicines and protection from natural hazards are important ingredients in maintaining our security and quality of life. But, if we want to continue living the way we do then the species, natural habitats and ecosystems that support them need to be protected.

I think this message hit me hardest upon reading WWF’s report 2010 and Beyond: Rising to the Biodiversity Challenge. While reading a report may not be everyone’s cup of tea, it explains how we all will be affected in our changing world.
But, lets not forget that today is a day to celebrate the environment. So, whether your in an office looking out the window, taking a walk, or sitting on a park bench. Take a moment from your day and appreciate the environment that’s around us.

Get creative by sharing your ideas about what Earth Hour means to you through the online photo and video gallery.

The gallery also lets you see what other people around the world think, and are doing, about Earth Hour.
It’s easy to upload your content. So get creative.

Uploading video

Upload your video through your YouTube account and tag your video with “Earth Hour 2008”.

We will display your videos on the Earth Hour YouTube Channel and the Earth Hour website.

It may take over a day to see your video on the gallery because it will need to be approved by one of our busy web beavers back in the office.

If you’re not already a YouTube member, don’t worry, it’s easy to create an account. Just visit http://www.youtube.com/signup

Uploading images

Upload your image through your Flickr account and then add it to our Earth Hour group.

To add photos just join the group and click “send to group” on your photo and choose the Earth Hour group.
When you add your photos to this group we will add your photos to the Earth Hour website.

If you’re not already a member of Flickr, it’s easy to join here.

Already there is a hive of activity on the gallery so get busy uploading, or just visit the gallery to peek at other people’s work.

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Another eight cities have joined WWF’s 2008 Earth Hour climate change campaign, bringing the tally of international cities up to 24.

Atlanta, San Francisco, Phoenix, Bangkok, Ottawa, Vancouver, Montreal and Dublin will join Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, Manila, Suva, Chicago, Tel Aviv, Toronto and Christchurch.

WWF is still hoping more cities will get involved.

During Earth Hour last year, 2.2 million Sydney residents turned off lights and appliances for one hour to help reduce the city’s greenhouse gas pollution. With 24 global cities on board for Earth Hour, WWF anticipates that more than 30 million people will be involved this year.

Whether your city has signed up or not, you can get involved. Visit the website and sign up to Earth Hour, plus make sure you switch off lights and non-essential appliances for one hour between 8pm and 9pm on March 29, local time.

So you’ve signed up to Earth Hour 2008 through the website and are eagerly awaiting March 29, what now?

Well, WWF has some nifty new toys to play with on the Earth Hour website.

Get online to get personal and share your Earth Hour ideas by uploading your images and videos to our gallery or

just check out your personal web page to see who else is joining you during Earth Hour.

Uploading images and videos is easy. Visit the website to find out more. Directions are underneath the gallery.

The gallery is a great way to share your ideas about what Earth Hour means to you, and see what other people around the world think about the event.

Also, don’t forget to check out your personal web page which was automatically created when you signed up for Earth Hour at http://www.earthhour.org/sign-up.

Your page was emailed to you once you signed up but don’t worry if you have lost it because you can get your page again by visiting http://www.earthhour.org/faq.

Scroll down to where it says “I can’t remember my Earth Hour profile page url” and enter your email address in the box, then click go. Your page will be emailed to you again.

Once you receive your personal page email, be sure to click on the link to check out who else is joining you during Earth Hour plus how many others around the world have signed.

In 2007 Sydney icons like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House turned their lights off for Earth Hour and the world took notice. Inspired by the collective effort of millions of Sydneysiders, many cities around the world are joining Earth Hour in 2008, turning a symbolic event into a global movement.

At 8pm on the 29 March 2008 millions of people in some of the world’s biggest cities including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane, Tel Aviv and Manila will unite and switch off for Earth Hour.

Earth Hour 2007 was a Sydney event. Earth Hour 2008 is a global movement.

Earth Hour is about individual action and how together we can make a difference. Visit EarthHour.org and add your name to the Earth Hour movement.