June 5th is World Environment Day, so please read over the alphabetical list of 80 things you can celebrate WED, which can be found at http://www.unep.org/wed/2008/english/Information_Material/alphabet.asp.
The slogan for this WED is Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Encomony.
If you need some convincing, according to a national survey conducted by Kelton Research in the US for GM (which explains the focus on cars) found that, and as listed on Treehugger:
- Fuel- efficient — The new chick magnet? “Close to nine in 10 women (88 percent) say they’d rather chat up someone with the latest fuel-efficient car versus the latest sports car.”
- How to win friends and influence people. “Eighty percent of American car buyers would find someone with the latest model fuel-efficient car more interesting to talk to at a party than someone with the latest model sports car.”
- Not green? That’s a fashion don’t. “More than four out of 10 (45 percent) 18-43 year-olds say it’s a fashion faux-pas nowadays to have a car that is not green or environmentally friendly.”
Edit: You can find the press release here.
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