Comments on: To breathe or not to breathe: L.A.’s air gets an F http://greenlagirl.com/to-breathe-or-not-to-breathe-las-air-gets-an-f/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/to-breathe-or-not-to-breathe-las-air-gets-an-f/comment-page-1/#comment-435176 Siel Fri, 01 May 2009 04:28:12 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=8663#comment-435176 Interesting -- Because my thought was the school buses tip was the most complex -- though for the exact reason you cited: It's not something you can just do alone; you must organize with others and get resources from the state / county / school board, etc. I'm guessing the American Lung Association wanted to make people feel their individual choices DO make a difference with the easier stuff -- then added on the school bus thing to press the point that we must work together and push for bigger changes :) Interesting — Because my thought was the school buses tip was the most complex — though for the exact reason you cited: It’s not something you can just do alone; you must organize with others and get resources from the state / county / school board, etc. I’m guessing the American Lung Association wanted to make people feel their individual choices DO make a difference with the easier stuff — then added on the school bus thing to press the point that we must work together and push for bigger changes :)

]]> By: Danny Bradfield http://greenlagirl.com/to-breathe-or-not-to-breathe-las-air-gets-an-f/comment-page-1/#comment-435067 Danny Bradfield Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:51:13 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=8663#comment-435067 My family already does many of the ALA's recommendations. We drive less. We don't burn wood or trash. We use less electricity (my 7 year-old son is excited to see if our family of four can get under 200 kWh this month). But the recommendation to make sure local school systems require clean school buses seems a little too simplified... unless I've just been terribly misinformed, and my local school district is just rolling in cash for retrofitting old buses and/or buying new ones...This is one change that I don't think will happen without pressure and resources from the state. <abbr><em>Danny Bradfield’s last blog post..<a href="http://fieldofdandelions.blogspot.com/2009/04/its-not-for-me.html" rel="nofollow">It's Not For Me</a></em></abbr> My family already does many of the ALA’s recommendations. We drive less. We don’t burn wood or trash. We use less electricity (my 7 year-old son is excited to see if our family of four can get under 200 kWh this month).

But the recommendation to make sure local school systems require clean school buses seems a little too simplified… unless I’ve just been terribly misinformed, and my local school district is just rolling in cash for retrofitting old buses and/or buying new ones…This is one change that I don’t think will happen without pressure and resources from the state.

Danny Bradfield’s last blog post..It’s Not For Me

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