In order to entice Yahoo employee’s to reduce their energy consumption by 20%, Yahoo founders Jerry Yang and David Filo promised to Sumo wrestle each other infront of their employees.
A summary of what they did were:
Turned off lights in conference rooms, took the stairs, made do with less air conditioning, avoided printing or went double-sided, used mugs, ditched their commutes for public transportation or carpools, and ate a little less meat.
Decked out in puffed up sumo suits draped in “greenery” the billionaires had a rematch of their classic 1999 bout, except this time this match was not for honor or ego, but rather for the environment and energy conservation.
Thank You Jerry Yang and David Filo for leading by example, by doing the most absurd things just to help save our planet.
And the winner? File by 2 in box score of Yang 1, Filo 2, Tie 1.
Article here from the Yahoo Blog, Pictures of the event can be found here.
Category: Global Warming
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