Green Encounter for a Blue Planet – Leading an Examined Life

Today is ‘Live Earth’ Day, a worldwide call to global awareness and action on behalf of the Earth. www.liveearth.org

My nephew is attending the North American concert (in NJ today) as a guest of Al Gore. (there are simultaneous concerts on each continent today!) In response, my action is to establish a clearinghouse of small changes each of us can make (often with insignificant sacrifice) on a website I call www.GreenEncounter.org. Site not posted yet – but I did lock-in the domain name!

Every magazine seems to list tips and clues and articles and problems, but I have (not yet) found a clearinghouse of all this collective wisdom. If it was a little easier to take action, wouldn’t you?

I am hopeful that by embedding this blog (and a wiki) I will provide an opportunity for anyone interested, to contribute to the database!

Has your idealism been lost through the years? Here’s are 2 reminders that one voice can, and does make a difference!

AIDS Lifecycle www.aidslifecycle.org

This is an inspirational and moving piece of one person who recognized PTSD in soldiers returning from combat, and through solitary effort now has the ear of Congress:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6657706

Gina D’Abella (ECO-Recycling) and The Greening of Maricopa