One Did It challenges European Parliament candidates to measure the weight of their ecological backpack

Elections in the European Union take place June 4.-7. 2009. Elected every five years, the European Parliament is a major and powerful player in European Union decision-making. One Did It challenges the candidates to measure the weight of their ecological backpacks and publish blogs of candidates that have measured eco-backpacks in this blog.

The challenge is simple

1. Take the One Did It ecological backpack test
2. From test result page save results by creating an account
3. Pick the embed badge code under your backpack picture
4. Post the code to your own site or blog and tell us your URL by commenting this post

It is evident that because of the nature of their work the MEP's might have heavier ecobackpack compared to average citizens' backpack. We also remind that the travelling payed by the employer can be excluded from the personal eco-backpack calculation since it should be allocated to the employer's backpack.

We still encourage all candidates to calculate their eco-backpacks, as it is important that the candidates are aware of their own ecological backpacks and have at least a hint how to reduce the environmental burden of their lifestyle. As the European Parliament leads by example and it is planning to cut its CO2 emissions by 30% by 2020 the individual MEPs should act as an example to all EU citizens.

More about European Parliament CO2 emission reduction action plan

One did it welcomes you

Welcome to One did it developers team blog. Our aim is to tell you a little about behind the scenes happenings in One did it and give sneak peaks to coming features of it. One did it is a community for eco-minded people. At the moment, you can test your consumption of natural resources and reduce it with simple, easy actions. Also, compare the results with your friends, family, neighbours, co-workers – anyone you like. One did it ideology believes that together we are many.

One did it Beta was launched in Green Week 2008, Brussels, Belgium. Finnish MEP Satu Hassi kindly wanted to support us. We had great discussions about eco-efficiency. Hassi thinks that eco-efficiency should be increased by ten times and not at least by personal choices of people. One of her main concerns is energy consumption which should be reduced with small steps over long period of time. It seems that Hassi has very similar thinking as we have in One did it: it all starts with attitude change.

There were four members of One did it team participating Green Week Mari Keski-Korsu, Satu Lähteenoja, Ossi Marko and Marja Salo. We organised a little “guerilla” action in the city centre with Satu Hassi and friends. We covered a zebra crossing with grass and Satu Hassi walked across it barefoot to support our project. It must be mentioned also that we didn't lack drama in Green Week. We organised a press conference about One did it Beta, but there happened to be a demonstration against fuel prices by angry fishermen from all over Europe at the same time. The location of our press conference was right in the centre of police blockade. The journalists who managed to come bravely struggled their way in. Wow.

But now we are back to our Finnish One did it base. Our team is sweating the whole summer to bring new release of One did it the coming autumn. There will be new features and also the old ones are improved plenty. Stay tuned! But meanwhile chop chop, go to www.onedidit.com