Family Stuff

Celebrating Family & Friends

How lucky we are.

So many fun activities & gatherings with family and friends throughout the year.

Hover over each picture to see a brief description.

So many smiles...

Thanksgiving with lots of good friends Pizza in rainy
Talkeetna, AK Riding Scooters with Tim and
Joss in BVI Dinner with
Don and Anne in Fairbanks Steve's Electrification Advocay Buddies Baja Bus Trip! Somewhere on the Sea of Cortez Christmas Light run with Cindy and Horace Finding Josh and Justine in Santa Barbara The kids and Stephanie with a Reindeer in Fairbanks Josh, Justine and Eric
insulating their floor Eric's March Birthday Celebration Sailing in the Caribbean Sealy and her friends at the LAH Dog Park Steve (and
Lisa and Eric) flying! With
Katie and Preston at Stanford The
Baja Bus crew Eric and Firemen with the
Useless Car Eric,
Marta, and Kat in Switzerland Game night at
Don and Anne's Putting up the
second story walls Dinner with Tim and Joss Eric and friends in the Sierras Enjoying the Bitter End with Tim and
Joss All hanging out at Don and Anne's

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Lisa & I continue to track our carbon footprint each year ("you can't manage what you don't measure"; ref).

Our goal is to be below the target set by the UN for 2050: less than one metric ton of CO2e per capita.
The massive reduction in our carbon footprint over the past 15 years has required few sacrifices and
has proven to us that very low carbon lifestyles are completely attainable today, and will be even easier in the future.

Emissions factors used
1 kWh of SVCE electricity = 0.0 lbs CO2e           1 therm of natural gas (inc. leakage) = 27.7 lbs CO2e
1 gallon of gasoline = 20 lbs CO2e                 1 passenger mile of air travel = 0.5 lbs CO2e
1 CCF (748 gallons) water in Bay Area = 2 lbs CO2e    1 passenger mile of train travel = 0.25 lbs CO2e
1 serving of Beef = 12 lbs (and 1 CCF of water); Cheese: 5.4 lbs; Pork = 4.8 lbs; Poultry = 2.8 lbs CO2e

Main - Justine - Eric - Lisa - Steve - Final