As they say, every little bit counts, but Hobson's Bay council in Victoria Australia is aiming to be carbon neutral by the year 2020. It seems they are going to be taking it one little step at a time, but then it all adds up so they must be commended on their latest announcement, although it is rather puzzling.
That announcement is that their quarterly eNewsletter is going to be launched next month and in so doing, the council has moved a step towards their goal of being carbon neutral. What the story omits (I hope) is that the eNewsletter will replace an already existing hardcopy newsletter, otherwise, the production of an email anything isn't going to do squat for the environment.
The fact that must be remembered is that, for people to access their eNewsletter they must logon to their computer which, of course, uses electricity. Of course, if Hobson's Council is also buying electricity that is generated using renewable sources, then they're still on track to reducing their carbon footprint.
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