One Last Oxford Challenge

The climate crisis IS the greatest crises facing the world today.
The average American household generates 55,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. Compare that to the average household in Brazil or Sweden and it will make you want to cry for our country.
We can make a difference, starting here in Oxford, but we need to work [...]

Make Oxford a Biking Community

Here is Leighton McCool’s latest installment:
Driving a car is the most polluting act an average citizen commits.
A human on a bike, however, is extremely efficient and a true gift to our environment.
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Let me clarify here, I am more guilty than many of you. I drive an SUV (ouch), I have no choice as I frequently [...]

Did You Know…

Between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags (Kroger type bags) are used every year worldwide and unfortunately for our planet, that same bag you receive today will stick around (literally) for thousands of years polluting the earth. They don’t biodegrade. Paper bags aren’t much better as they require twice the energy to make. The [...]

Did You Know?

That the homes that we live in account for more than 20 percent of our national energy demand and produce more than 20 percent of our national carbon dioxide emissions?
Roughly half of our home energy expenses come from heating & cooling our house (and the rest of Oxford via drafts and air leaks). Fixing poor [...]

Going Green Can Make You Rich!

Here is the next installment from our Oxford Green Coordinator:
On average, American families spend $2,500 a year on bottled water. But did you know that most bottled water is just tap water in disguise. In fact, federal standards are higher for tap water than for bottled water. So do yourself, your community and your [...]

A Greener Oxford

Leighton McCool is the Director of Earth Day this year in Oxford. She is passing out some daily tips that we can all join in to make Oxford Greener.
For today:
Gather your old paint cans, batteries, cleaning spray bottles and all other junk that destroys our land fill. Amberlyn Liles, recycling coordinator for the City [...]