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kaario's Sustainability Impact

Country: Finland
Joined: 2008-01-18

Sustainable Actions

kaario is 57% more sustainable than the average person because of positive actions! People of industrialized nations emit about 11 tons of CO2 per year on average.

How do CO2 and Cash savings accumulate on a profile?

* The values in the chart above will increase daily, based on what actions are in the profile at the time. The values are the running total since kaario joined YouSustain, broken down by month, up to the current day. The savings for an action only start to get counted from the day it was added.

Sustainable Action CO2 Savings
per year		 Cash Savings
per year
Lower water-heater temperature 225 kg $30
Recycling (All eligible materials, 4 people) 2,180 kg $0
Wash clothes with cold water (5 loads/week) 337 kg $34
Hang-drying clothes (1 loads/week for 12 months/year) 168 kg $17
Lower water-heater temperature 225 kg $30
Hang-drying clothes (4 loads/week for 12 months/year) 672 kg $67
Wash clothes with cold water (4 loads/week) 269 kg $27
Recycling (All eligible materials, 4 people) 2,180 kg $0
Estimated Savings per year 6,256 kg $205
Estimated Savings per month 521 kg $17
Estimated Savings per day 17 kg $1

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kaario's total estimated impact since joining YouSustain:

CO2 reduction: 12,992 kg
Cash savings: $3,434
YouSustain awards earned:
(103)
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Sustainability Challenges

kaario is part of the following sustainability challenges:

Compost every scrap

Compost all organic waste produced in your home for a week
In Progress. Started 2008-11-21
Approximate CO2 reduction: 1 kg, Cash savings: $0.5.
Times Completed: (21)

Bring your own cup for coffee for one week

It's so easy and less wasteful to bring your own cup when getting coffee
In Progress. Started 2008-11-21
Approximate CO2 reduction: 5 kg, Cash savings: $1.
Times Completed: (20)

Keep all unused lights off at home for one week

We leave many more lights on at home than we actually need.
In Progress. Started 2008-11-21
Approximate CO2 reduction: 50 kg, Cash savings: $5.
Times Completed: (20)

Use reusable bags for one week

Keeping reusable bags on hand is easy plus saves waste and energy from plastic bags
In Progress. Started 2008-11-21
Approximate CO2 reduction: 1 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: (12)

Recycle at Work

Start a new recycling program at work
In Progress. Started 2008-11-21
Approximate CO2 reduction: 28 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: (6)

Save paper

We use so much paper... and waste so much !
In Progress. Started 2008-11-21
Approximate CO2 reduction: 10 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: (6)

SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS

invest in renewable energy companies
In Progress. Started 2008-11-21
Approximate CO2 reduction: 1000 kg, Cash savings: $500.
Times Completed: (6)

Reduce household electricity use by 5 percent

Small steps to reducing home electricity use
In Progress. Started 2008-11-21
Approximate CO2 reduction: 28 kg, Cash savings: $3.
Times Completed: (6)

Eat locally grown food

Buying local food drastically reduces the CO2 coming from transportation and helps the local farmers.
In Progress. Started 2008-11-21
Approximate CO2 reduction: 5 kg, Cash savings: $0.
Times Completed: (5)

Follow your electricity consumption

Invest on automatic energy monitoring or follow your meter daily
Completed. Started 2008-05-29
Approximate CO2 reduction: 50 kg, Cash savings: $25.
Times Completed: (1)

Total estimated impact from completed challenges: 7604 kg CO2 and $3173.5. These are included in the total impact and chart.

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