Maybe you need to drive an SUV, but buy organic food? Maybe solar panels aren’t in your budget, but you always remember to turn off the lights? Maybe you can’t recycle at work, but do so at home?
We’re not into environmental one-upmanship or being greener than the next guy. We just want to hear your tips, stories, struggles and successes with being green.
We think that bloggers, friends, neighbors, governments, companies, and industries can learn from what you have to say. You might inspire someone else to be a little greener or present a struggle with being green that someone can help with.
So, tell us how you may be green.
Thanks for visiting and contributing!
During this green blog’s first week, YouMayBeGreen.com has heard from many different shades of green! From replacing lightbulbs, to “eliminating” gopher tortoises, to weak-green-attitude apologetics, here’s a recap… (more…)
When it comes to global warming / climate change, we’ve seen reactions ranging from:
“we’re all screwed,” to “the worst stuff isn’t going to happen because we can’t be that stupid.”
What do you think? (more…)
You may be green by putting your money in a green place.
We’ve noticed many financial institutions showing their greener side, and here are some examples. Do you care about these green initiatives? Will you put your money in the hands of a financial institution that is trying be greener?
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I have to admit to buying US Weekly now and then to write this green blog! Who would have thought that my tree-killing, paparazzi-promoting leisure activity would help me confirm the guilt-ridden anxiety I feel?
That feeling of letting cost, time and effort get in the way of being a little greener?
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“Green is the new red, white and blue,” says Tom Friedman in his article “The Power of Green,” recently published in The New York Times. He explains that green used to be seen as “girly-man” and “unpatriotic,” but recent events have redefined it as “muscular” and “patriotic.”
Nowhere is this more visible than on the cover of the April 16, 2007 issue of Newsweek, where the world’s foremost authority on girly men, Arnold Schwarzenegger, stands proudly spinning a globe on his finger. (more…)
Happy Earth Day, and thanks for stopping by. Since this is our first post, we want to use it to tell you where we came from and what we’re about. (more…)
