My Beggining

So let's see, where am I starting in my new persuit... First off at home i already recycle. This is somewhat inconvenient due to our city but it is well worth it. Most of what we recycle can be set out in a seperate container and picked up, no biggie. The rest, meaning cardboard, has to be delivered to the local recycling center. Why the city can't pick up cardboard anymore I will never know. However i am quite pleased to save about one full bag of trash every week or every other week. We do have to rinse out our plastics, cans, and jars and we do have to take the labels off of these articles, but that just helps make me more oware of the trash i create and of the items i consume. I pay attention more now that i used to at how things are packaged and will generally go for the local self filtered tap water over choosing to buy yet another plastic jug or bottle. For Recycling facts from Oberlin.edu goto--->> http://www.oberlin.edu/recycle/facts.html

The main problem with the local recycling program, and please feel free to tell me about your recycling programs, is that the city really does not push it and i feel really does not educate the public on how thier contributions to the recycling program are helpping the community and environment at large.

Another simple mission that i am on is to get all of the bulbs replaced in the house with the energy saver bulbs that are all the rage. Other than the one second pause you get after you flip the switch until the light actually comes on, i have really noticed no difference in the lighting and i am quite plesed to know that i am saving energy. To see more on changing to incandescent lightbulbs goto--->> http://www.mycarbonpledge.com

Also for quite some time i have just been trying to consume less stuff. And i have been trying to learn about where my stuff comes from and if there are any alternatives to get the stuff i want from sources/vendors that are more environmentally consious. One of the first things that i learned is that it is not so easy to find out information on the companies from who you buy stuff. And to share one more thing with you here is a sweet little video to goto--->> http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Well thanks for your time and appreciate your comments. :P

The Green Purpose

Greetings One and All,

I would like to start off by telling everyone the purpose of this blog. The purpose of this blog is to document my green adventures. What that means is that I will be posting what I learn as I strive to make my workplace and personal life greener. My desire is to get around to posting twice a week, sharing with others my current environmental footprint, my desired footprint, and everything I am doing to improve my footprint on this planet.

I have often felt like there just isn't much i can do that most of what happens on this planet I have no control over and that frankly i just don't have the money to make a difference. I have also had questions about where to get good information, because lets face it there is alot of information out there, some exagerated, some just uncertain, and some just hard to find and sort through.

So instead of being cought in an apathy trap and doing nothing while the world goes by I decided that "I can do something". So that's where I am going to start. I firmly believe that to change the world you must first change yourself. "Think global- act local" as they say. So please, i encourage you to join me in my adventures and hope that this blog provides some type of avenue for you yourself to "do something". I hope that I can provide reliable information from those that do the research and I hope that you the reader will not only read, but also share your thoughts, views, and opinions so that together we can make our communities healthier and our planet Greener.