Areas 90% Mar-08
Gasoline (per person) - in gallons 4 -
Electricity (kwh) (household) 90 91.25
Heat +Cooking: Natural Gas (therms) (household) 1 56.38
Heat +Cooking: Oil (gallons) (household) 5 0.75
Heat +Cooking: Wood (unsustainable) (household) 8  
Garbage (lbs/year) (per person) 27.38 5
Water (gallons/year) (per person) 507 11.22
Consumer Goods (in dollars) (per household) $83.33 0
Food: Local 70% 8.68%
Food Bulk 25% 14.87%
Food Wet Goods 5% 6.99%

I didn’t track transportation because I’m the only one in the household using public transit and previous months tracking showed that I am well under the riot goals. I walk or bike everywhere else. 

Electric use fell from 98.25 kwh (we use wind powered electricity) and its probably due to the Trim the Fat challenge - not using computer on weekends and saving candle light nights.

Gas heating fell from 67.65 therms…due to temperatures and less showering on our part. 

I read about an olive oil scandal when researching methods into how olive oil was made and decided to try out American made Olive Oil and purchased some in bulk. It was expensive.  Its the purchase that increased our oil usage.

Garbage went up from 4 lbs because we bought lots of juices in those non recyclable containers, plus there was other misc. trash lying around that we got rid of.

Water went up from 7.48 gallons/person. Not sure why. Neither of us drank any extra water or showered any more. This looks a bit fishy. Or maybe pharmaceutically :)

We didn’t purchase any consumer goods. I was able to avert purchasing a thumb drive by remembering that I had one lying around unused.

Food: We didn’t buy much local food, but we made sure that everything purchased was organic.

So it seems that Spring is here. Happy Spring!