Mileage Awareness Pilot Project
Welcome to the Mileage Awareness Pilot Project! The purpose of this pilot program is to raise your awareness level of how simple daily behaviors affect the care of our planet. Driving a car or taking airplane flights are two of the most fossil fuel-use activities that contribute to climate change. In an effort to be more conscious of the miles we drive or fly, we have been challenged to keep a monthly record of those miles so that we can evaluate our driving habits and perhaps cut back on those miles.
Our Laudato Si' Action Team would like to invite Sisters and Associates who drive and fly to keep a simple monthly log of the number of miles driven or flown over the course of a year and if you wish, to make note of the reasons for travel. Air travel is usually considered to be either for 1) business or 2) pleasure. Travel by car usually occurs for these reasons: 1) church, 2) entertainment, 3) family/community need, 4) medical, 5) shopping, 6) work, or 7) volunteering.
Here are a couple of documents with more information about the Mileage Project: