Sunday, October 08, 2006
Green is good
No that is not a play off of Gordon Gekko's famous quote, and in fact it has nothing to do with money. I refer to the environment and our need to do all that we can, whenever and wherever we can, to protect it. What I have learned recently is that without doing much, we can truly make a difference.
I recently took a flight from Las Vegas to NY, and had a revelation. In between the post LV, drooling pass-out and defeating the guy in seat 26C in trivia ( Awesome new feature on Delta flights where you can compete in trivia knowledge for free against your co-passengers) I came across the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" that really grabbed me. For those that don't know the film, it is basically Al Gore's position piece through which he tries to hammer home the dangerous trajectory we are on regarding our planets well being. The real data that proves that the biggest threat to us, is in fact us. The good thing though is that we have the ability to start righting the ship, now!
Each of us can make a difference and the best place to start is where we live. Little things such as improving the insulation in your home, or changing your air conditioner filters more often, allow your house to not have to work so hard. Also, if we could leave our thermostats just 2 degrees cooler in the winter, and/or 2 degrees warmer in the summer we could vastly reduce the Carbon Dioxide emissions from our homes.
Another easy change is removing the common incandescent light bulbs we currently use and replacing them with fluorescent light bulbs. These are way more energy efficient and they actually last much longer. Takes away the hassle of replacing them so often! You can buy these bulbs at http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/25_44
Point is, there are little things we can do that will protect our planet for us, and more importantly for the next generation(s) Most people feel that the careless things they do are so miniscule, that it cannot impact the big picture. Unfortunately when you add all of those people together, it truly sets us all back. So when buying your first home, or "cashing out" money through a refinance, you might consider putting some money back into your home to ensure that it is enviro-friendly. It is more important than ever before. For a list of the many things you can do visit
http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/
If we like this planet we live in, and plan on sticking around for awhile ( I know I sure do) we better all start saying it and actually living it...Green is good!
I recently took a flight from Las Vegas to NY, and had a revelation. In between the post LV, drooling pass-out and defeating the guy in seat 26C in trivia ( Awesome new feature on Delta flights where you can compete in trivia knowledge for free against your co-passengers) I came across the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" that really grabbed me. For those that don't know the film, it is basically Al Gore's position piece through which he tries to hammer home the dangerous trajectory we are on regarding our planets well being. The real data that proves that the biggest threat to us, is in fact us. The good thing though is that we have the ability to start righting the ship, now!
Each of us can make a difference and the best place to start is where we live. Little things such as improving the insulation in your home, or changing your air conditioner filters more often, allow your house to not have to work so hard. Also, if we could leave our thermostats just 2 degrees cooler in the winter, and/or 2 degrees warmer in the summer we could vastly reduce the Carbon Dioxide emissions from our homes.
Another easy change is removing the common incandescent light bulbs we currently use and replacing them with fluorescent light bulbs. These are way more energy efficient and they actually last much longer. Takes away the hassle of replacing them so often! You can buy these bulbs at http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/25_44
Point is, there are little things we can do that will protect our planet for us, and more importantly for the next generation(s) Most people feel that the careless things they do are so miniscule, that it cannot impact the big picture. Unfortunately when you add all of those people together, it truly sets us all back. So when buying your first home, or "cashing out" money through a refinance, you might consider putting some money back into your home to ensure that it is enviro-friendly. It is more important than ever before. For a list of the many things you can do visit
http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/whatyoucando/
If we like this planet we live in, and plan on sticking around for awhile ( I know I sure do) we better all start saying it and actually living it...Green is good!
1 Comments:
Great Article.
I am glad more people are becoming aware of the need to improve the condition of our environment.
However I would like to amend on comment you made about this having nothing to do with money.
It has everything to do with money. The reason for this is the fact that to bring about significant improvement we have to change the way all products we consume are produced. By making the decision to purchase only products which are manufactored in an environmentally friendly way, we will force changes in the current detrimental methods.
There are many companies which are pioneering methods which are substainable and are proving that it is profitable to do so.
Making this decision also has the added benefit of helping to improve our personal health.
The reason I found your blog is bacause I am looking for a Mortgage Broker who has a desire to join others in helping bring about these changes by intergrating a business program into their current business. This would have multiple advantages such as - adding a niche marketing component, promoting better return and referral business, an alternate income source and providing the satisfaction of helping promote sustainability in production.
Tim Byrd
My Life in Balance
tim@mylifeinbalance.net
www.mylifeinbalance.net
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