To date, I have tried to cover a range of topics related to sustainability. But our society faces countless environmental challenges of global proportions.
So today, I pose a question to you, Dear Reader: What are your top environmental concerns; or at least, which topics would you like to learn more about? If you give three specific subjects pertaining to sustainability that you'd like to see on "The Green World," I will make sure I cover them within the next few posts. As I stated in one of my first few blog posts: we are in this together, and so we must learn together.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Sustainable Reading
The Internet is a host of information on becoming more ecologically sound. But let's not forget the print resources that are also available to us. Grid magazine is one such resource.
Grid's motto, "Toward a Sustainable Philadelphia," speaks to its intention of providing valuable, accurate information on the environmental issues our society faces and possible solutions to them. Their latest issue entitled "Moral Support: Earthly Concerns and Religious Commitment Spark the Growing Green Faith Movement," focuses on strides that local religious communities have made towards becoming more green. From Quaker and Catholic to Jewish and Muslim, these believers have really stepped up to the eco-challenge, and Grid says, "hats off to you" for it.
Other topics you can expect from Grid include educational environmental studies opportunities in PA, such as at the University of Pennsyvania, the Waldorf School of Philadephia, Temple University, and Philadelphia University; articles on local farms and farmers markets; healthy, unique recipes such as sausage, kale and white bean skillet as well as chicken and zucchini stew; and briefings on the most local current events regarding ecological matters, such as the Philly Farm & Food Fest.
If you're searching for a reliable resource on sustainability, search no further than Grid magazine. Did I mention it's free? For the purposes of WCU students (who are the ones most likely reading this blog), take a pit stop at Lindsay's Garden in Lawrence Dining Center for your free copy of Grid.
Grid's motto, "Toward a Sustainable Philadelphia," speaks to its intention of providing valuable, accurate information on the environmental issues our society faces and possible solutions to them. Their latest issue entitled "Moral Support: Earthly Concerns and Religious Commitment Spark the Growing Green Faith Movement," focuses on strides that local religious communities have made towards becoming more green. From Quaker and Catholic to Jewish and Muslim, these believers have really stepped up to the eco-challenge, and Grid says, "hats off to you" for it.
Other topics you can expect from Grid include educational environmental studies opportunities in PA, such as at the University of Pennsyvania, the Waldorf School of Philadephia, Temple University, and Philadelphia University; articles on local farms and farmers markets; healthy, unique recipes such as sausage, kale and white bean skillet as well as chicken and zucchini stew; and briefings on the most local current events regarding ecological matters, such as the Philly Farm & Food Fest.
If you're searching for a reliable resource on sustainability, search no further than Grid magazine. Did I mention it's free? For the purposes of WCU students (who are the ones most likely reading this blog), take a pit stop at Lindsay's Garden in Lawrence Dining Center for your free copy of Grid.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Go Green, Go Local
When we think about saving our planet, oftentimes our minds go straight to the overwhelming environmental emergencies of our time: The glaciers are melting! The ozone is depleting! The rain forest is disappearing!
How in the world is one person supposed to begin making an impact when the world’s problems are so big? On a Saturday morning, it’s much easier to roll over in bed and go back to sleep than to give yourself a headache thinking about all the work we’ve got ahead of us.
But what if you started small? What if instead of panicking, you decided to set aside 15 minutes of your day to read environmentally educational blogs, such as this one? (See? You’re already moving in the right direction!) What if in place of shopping at chain grocery stores that have their produce shipped across state and country lines, you visited your local Growers’ Market, which produces food within 10 miles of your own home? What if instead of rolling over for the few extra minutes of weekend sleep that probably aren’t going to make that big of a difference, you joined a local Go Green movement of individuals just like yourself who are looking to learn about our planet and lend a hand to Mother Nature?
If we are ever going to make a large-scale change, we’ve got to start with a small-scale movement. And people are responding to the call for change; all you’ve got to do is look around you.
For those of us in the Greater Philadelphia Region, the following are just a few of the many groups/events you can become involved in to find out what Going Green is all about:
Chester County Citizens 4 Climate Protection
Next event: Wed., March 7
401 E. Gay St. West Chester, PA
For more details, go to http://www.meetup.com/Chester-County-Citizens-4-Climate-Protection
Eastern Pennsylvania Permaculture Guild
Next event: Sun., March 18
Location TBA
For more details, go to http://www.meetup.com/permie
Greenpeace Philly
Next event: Wed., March 21
232 S. 4th St. Philadelphia, PA
For more details, go to http://www.meetup.com/GreenpeacePhilly
The Schuylkill Center
Next event: Mon., Feb 20
8480 Hagy’s Mill Rd. Philadelphia, PA
For more details, go to http://www.schuylkillcenter.org/
Philadelphia Green List
Next Event: Saturday, Feb. 25
5818 Germantwon Ave. Philadelphia, PA
For more details, go to http://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-Green-List/events/49639882
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Let's Get it (Re)Started
It has been an embarrassingly long time since I last updated this blog. The story is it's time to get it going again. If you read my older posts, you'll realize this blog is all about sustainability education and learning what this whole "Go Green" movement we've been experiencing over the past decade or so is really all about.
This is an important topic (and therefore an important blog) because we are all world citizens who need to be aware that our actions have consequences. Regardless of where you stand on issues of global warming and the like, there is no denying that non-renewable--and even renewable--resources are scarce, and they will continually be less available as time goes on. That is, unless we take action and become more responsible members of this planet.
This is an important topic (and therefore an important blog) because we are all world citizens who need to be aware that our actions have consequences. Regardless of where you stand on issues of global warming and the like, there is no denying that non-renewable--and even renewable--resources are scarce, and they will continually be less available as time goes on. That is, unless we take action and become more responsible members of this planet.
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