Ms. Denise Blaha, a research associate at the University of New Hampshire Institute of Earth, Ocean and Space, is coming to King Middle School to talk with students about the concept of climate change and global warming.

Ms. Blaha set a great example for students, teachers, parents, and just about everyone by “reducing the carbon emissions of her family by about 17,000 pounds annually.” Part of the way she accomplished this was by replacing all of her incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent ones and by giving some fluorescent light bulbs to her friends. By doing this one thing she made up for the carbon emissions of her car, a Toyota Matrix. To make up for the emissions of her husband’s car, Ms. Blaha gave money to a “carbon offset” which takes money from donors and uses it to “undo the effects of global warming by investing projects like reforestation and wind farms.”

Ms.Blaha is sure to be a motivating and persuasive educator when she comes to speak to students tomorrow, Tuesday, October 23rd.

Submitted By Alison

Quotations from: http://unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2006/dec/06carbon.html