The Greenliness Blog

When I was younger and learned about Aladdin, the lamp and the Genie, I thought deeply about what I would wish for if I had those three wishes. I came to the conclusion that my first wish would be for a million more wishes. In a similar way, for this month, I advocate for reading books as the green tip of the month. This limitless source of tips, methods, and ways to live a life of greenliness, is like the fulfillment of one of the wishes from Aladdin's lamp. If you're just tipping your toe into the sea of green living,...

There’s a very easy way for most of us to get moving toward a greener lifestyle – Use facial tissues, toilet paper and paper towels made from recycled paper. The National Resources Defense Council estimates that if every household in the U.S. used just one roll of Recycled Paper Towels it could save 544,000 trees; one roll of Recycled Toilet Paper could save 423,900 trees; replace one box of virgin fiber facial tissues (175 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, and we could save 163,000 trees. (See the full article with product lists at http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/gtissue.asp). And not only do you save...

There are many perspectives on the meaning of being green, which often depend on individual circumstances based on upbringing, personal experience, possession or lack of altruism and particular industry agendas. Being green certainly has a range of meanings so it's always important to have some healthy skepticism when learning about anyone or anything that claims to be green.   Here are some ideas from around the country and the world about what it means to be green.   See wecansolveit.org for a wealth of ideas about sustaining the earth by being green.   Nature, Democracy, Responsibility, Nonviolence, Community, Economy, Humanity,...

I went last night to the kickoff for the Cottonwood Creek Environmental Film Festival (http://www.cottonwoodfilm.org/), where awards were given for some of the entrants in the festival this year. One comment given by award recipient Josh Berry (Writer and Producer: Keeping Coast) that stuck with me is that "film is activism". More and more films are being created that make available information about realities in our world that are often filtered out or not focused on by mainstream media. I believe it is all of our duties to keep well-informed, so we can make this planet a better and better...