The Greenpeace group in Brazil has come up with an innovative way for people around the world to help reduce CO2 emissions by reducing their power consumption. There are hundreds of possible ways to do this, but their solution is a spark of genius that requires very little effort and anyone with a computer screen can do it.
The project named ‘ The Black Pixel Project ’ has been running for a few months, but has just now started to gain momentum with millions of people actively taking part around the world. To join in their project all you need to do is turn off a 50 x 50 box of pixels on your monitor screen, sounds simple right. It may not seem like much at first, but if you think that each box of pixels switched off will save 0.057 watts of power and that if 1 million people took part it would be a total of 57,000 watts of energy saved every hour; that is the equivalent of turning off 1425, 40 watt bulbs. The organizers believe that 1 million participants can save 70 kilogram’s of CO2 from leaking out into the atmosphere and causing more harm to our already fragile eco system.
To take part in this Action in power conservation, visit their website to learn more about their intentions, then if you’re satisfied and want to be a part of the event you can download a special program that will help you switch off a small 50 x 50 pixel box on your main screen.
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