{"id":693,"date":"2014-11-06T20:23:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2021-07-18T16:23:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T16:23:23","slug":"joyful-low-energy-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/joyful-low-energy-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyful Low-Energy Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/joyful.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-695\" src=\"http:\/\/altadenaheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/joyful.jpg\" alt=\"joyful\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/joyful.jpg 367w, https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/joyful-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Altadena:<br \/>\nHeritage of Abundance<\/h3>\n<p>Thursday, November 20, 7pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altadena Community Center<\/strong><br \/>\n730 E. Altadena Drive<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free; please RSVP to <a href=\"mailto:altadenaheritage@earthlink.net\">altadenaheritage@earthlink.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Altadena Heritage invites you to learn about how low-energy living can help make a difference in the face of global warming. Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist who lives here in Altadena, will share some of the changes he\u2019s made, focusing on how using less fossil fuels has turned out not to be the burden you might expect \u2026 in fact, he says it\u2019s made his life happier!<\/p>\n<p>Then Peter will guide you in crunching your own numbers to calculate the size of your personal carbon footprint. To learn the most, bring a pen or pencil, a calculator, and rough estimates of the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 annual miles flown on a plane<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 annual gallons of gas burned by driving*<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 annual household electricity use in kWh**<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 annual household natural gas use in therms**<\/p>\n<p>* miles driven in a year divided by mpg of car<br \/>\n** add up your monthly usage amounts or multiply the amount on your current bill by 12<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t get some of this information, don&#8217;t worry; Peter will show you how to make educated guesses from average values.<\/p>\n<p>This baseline number will allow you to project (and later validate) how low-energy living can cut your reliance on fossil fuels and their corresponding carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this informative hands-on program! Admission is free; please RSVP to <a href=\"mailto:altadenaheritage@earthlink.net\">altadenaheritage@earthlink.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peter Kalmus has a PhD in physics from Columbia University and is now studying the role of clouds in global warming at JPL. He\u2019s father to two young boys, and an avid bicycler and gardener who aspires to someday win Altadena Heritage&#8217;s Golden Poppy Award.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Altadena: Heritage of Abundance<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, November 20, 7pm<br \/>\nAltadena Community Center<br \/>\n730 E. 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