Another helpful and brave soul has joined the energy.dare experiment. Check out gazella’s blog at trishdaredme.wordpress.com as she documents her heating experiences all the way from Japan. Already, in her first post, I’ve already learned something different and new, so go take a look. I’m very excited to read her upcoming blog posts, as I haven’t had too many first hand experiences with energy conservation or other environmental endeavours, but from some classes and readings and such, I always admired how united and committed they were to their recycling and waste management schemes (partially because they have to I suppose….).
Anywho, thank you once again to everyone who is taking part, and everyone who has visited this blog and other related Dare bloggers’ sites!
I went to check energy.dare today and was very happy to find that it was back up. Hopefully, the folks at the servers have fixed whatever caused that and it will hopefully be a little more stable from now on. They did mention that they are trying to move the servers, so it might be up and down intermittently, so please bear with me. But you can always pop by this blog instead to find out what’s happening, and to get connected to energy.dare, either via making comments, or to the Dare bloggers.
You might have noticed that I’ve also decided to try a new colour scheme. I had informally asked a number of people to review the energy.dare site, and some of the overwhelmingly common responses were that the energy.dare logo (with the dark grey and red) didn’t really fit in with the greens that were used in the side nav bar and the top main nav bar. I like the logo, and I like grey and red, so hopefully, the new scheme is a little more consistent. The red pops more, and provides a better contrast with the other colours. I still have to figure out how to centre the site though…
On other news, I wanted to announce that, in addition to Amanda, karentsang and peejaytee, who have already very graciously volunteered their time to help me in this project, a new blogger, b, has hopped on the bandwagon. So go check out her energy.dare-related thoughts at baileyanonymous.wordpress.com.
I’m also thinking about providing more prizes. My professor suggested maybe I could look into some energy-efficient gadgets and things. What do you guys think? Any reasonable wish lists?
karentsang is the second Dare blogger to join the energy.dare experiment. You can find her wordpress blog at karenputsmoreclotheson.wordpress.com. Go read how she and her cat plan to hold up against the impending chill.
peejaytee is the third Dare blogger to sign up for this experiment. Despite not being able to control the temperature in his own apartment (something that, unfortunately, many people I know suffer from, myself included), he endeavours to do other great green things like taking cooler showers and biking even in the winter. Follow his blog at peejaytee.wordpress.com to see how he manages.
Amanda has posted day 4 results from her energy.dare experiment. In it, she mentions a theory that her family holds:
My family has this theory that if I turn the heat on up here that will deter the heat from getting displaced so quickly in the rest of the house…but I don’t think so…I don’t know, actually…
What do you think? Is there any valid reasoning behind this? Amanda’s room is on the top floor, and the rest of her family members have rooms on lower floors. Would turning up the heat just make Amanda’s room sweltering hot, while only marginally changing the temperature below?
Thank you to Amanda for signing up to be one of the first Dare bloggers of the energy.dare project. I am very excited to see what she has to say and where this might lead us. She has already posted an energy.dare-relevant tidbit at her blog, so be sure to check it out at andallofthetrees.wordpress.com.
