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Seamus Abshere / male
Princeton, NJ
Engineering Director. I'm in charge of Brighter Planet’s tech platform, which is built on Ruby on Rails and runs in the cloud. I did Anthropology at Princeton, so while I took classes from Brian Kernighan, my favorite author is Pierre Bourdieu!
Member Since July 12, 2007
Footprint Carbon footprint for 2010: 32.99 tons CO2
Activity
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On July 28,
seamusabshere
earned
148 pounds of offsets using his Brighter Planet credit card.
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seamusabshere
has added an automobile
to his footprint
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seamusabshere
has voted for
the Roots of Change Cooperativa project
Personal actions
Use natural lighting
Recycle in every room
New TV? Go LCD.
Write a letter to a public official
Wrap your gifts creatively
Work isn't always fun, but getting there can be
Offsets
Purchased (16)
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Fly the greener skies
Your seat, snack and soda—our calculation includes all greenhouse gases associated with your flight.
0.35 tons saved View
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My future kitten
A Cymric
0.5 tons saved View
Earned (1)
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Brighter Planet Visa credit card
The credit card that earns carbon offsets
4.98850000000001 tons saved View
Received (2)
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A blog that fights climate change
A blog that fights climate change
0.0 tons saved View
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A nice (green) flight
Your seat, snack and soda—our calculation includes all greenhouse gases associated with your flight.
0.0 tons saved View
From our blog
Empowering 350.org’s Climate Action Fund
July 20
In the latest chapter of our perennial partnership with 350.org, Brighter Planet will provide the technology and underwriting to make 350′s crowdsourced Project Funds for Climate Action a reality. Last fall, 350.org organized what CNN called “the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history,” inspiring more than 5,000 events in 181 countries as [...]. Read more
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