Change is Easy
This blog was started as a way to help vent how easy it is to make a small difference. Many green or eco websites these days are trying to make you feel too guilty. Some of the people who run the sites are vegans, don’t walk on grass and have 0 carbon footprint.
That’s nice and all, but for the average person who just wants to do a small part and feel good about helping reduce our impact on the world - where do they turn? I am hoping that GoEasyEco.com will be your website of choice and you will enjoy reading a daily RSS feed from it.
Since I was a kid, my mom was always about recycling. She insisted on turning off power drains whenever we were not using them. We never had lights on in the house in rooms we were not in. We never used heat or AC if we didn’t need it. I didn’t really think anything of it and neither did she. She did these things because they benefitted US. Turning off idle power sources and lights meant 20-50% in power savings. Being from the great white north of Canada, that could be the difference between a $80 bill and a $150 bill which is a major difference. Little did she know she was actually helping the environment at the same time.
I kept this attitude as I grew up and moved to the USA. It was here in California that I noticed why our world is being abused and decided to help do my part to change that. The sheer amount of waste that is produced on a daily basis is staggering. It’s not only staggering but depressing at the same time.
As I researched ways to conserve, save and help do my part I ran into biodiesel, composting and many other topics that I hope I can share my passion for with you. I will scour the net finding news worthy of posting and I hope you find it as interesting as I do.
Enjoy, and remember that going green can be easy and in some cases fun!
Jeremy Bell said,
June 27, 2008 @ 11:22 am
I couldn’t agree more. That’s more or less why I started blogging the design and development of our new home (360winnett.com) — I found that a lot of the popular ‘green’ solutions very far too expensive to justify the investment, and I wanted to start put a little perspective on what was practical for the average family