Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a wonderful summer so far. Recently, I've been noticing a lot of folks are writing on their personal blogs about their New Year Resolutions . . . some are writing about their successes, while others are scratching their heads at how quickly time has passed, and how little progress they have made. If you truly want to make and keep a New Year Resolution you have to make a firm committment and really need to keep your resolution front and center - make it a top priority. If you're in need of a spurt of inspiration and some common sense ideas about how to move forward surf over to my Toolkit, or click on these links: the I Resolve To . . . System and the I Resolve To . . . Tips.
It's Wednesday, Tip Day for ways to 'Give The Boot To Our Carbon Footprints'. In 2008 my New Year 
Resolution is to 'show gratitude' for my blessings by 'giving back' and the environment is one of my recipients. I dedicate three columns each week to news, information and ideas about small, daily steps we can take to reduce our Carbon Footprints. Consider the huge, positive, long-range impact on the environment if each one of us performs 'habitual' actions - like driving fewer vehicle miles, using more energy efficient light bulbs, and turning off lights when we leave rooms. My goal, as an individual, is to urge others to follow my lead, and take a few small steps each and every day toward protecting the environment.
As food for thought I like to, periodically, share a collection of interesting and informative websites and news articles that I have gradually compiled since January 1 when I made my 2008 resolution to do something each and every day to benefit the environment. I hope you will find some inspirational ideas!
Climate Change -Take Action Today!
- EarthLab
- Carbon Footprint
- Clean Air-Cool Planet
- StopGlobalWarming.Org
- ConservaStore - Light Bulbs
- Conservation International
- EnvironmentalLights.com - Light Bulbs
- Climatecrisis.net - An Inconvenient Truth
- Direct.Gov.UK - Calculate Your Carbon Footprint
- Environmental Defense - Fight Global Warming
- Environmental Defense - 'How To Pick A Better Bulb'.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Department of Energy, Energy Star.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Personal Emissions Calculator
- FastCompany.com - How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take To Change The World ( FastCompanyComLightBulbs.pdf ).
Carbon Offsets
- TerraPass.Com
- CarbonFund.Org
- TreeHugger.Com
- The Climate Trust
- CarbonCounter.Org
- David Suzuki Foundation
- Wikipedia - Carbon Offsets
- The Environmental Defense Fund
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Climate Change
- NewYorkTimesFTCCarbonOffsetsJanuary2008.pdf
- BusinessWeekAnotherInconvenientTruthMarch2007.pdf
- ChristianScienceMonitorCarbonOffsetsJanuary2007.pdf
- Joint Statement By WWF, Friends of The Earth and Green Peace on Carbon Offets: WWF-GP-FoE_on_offseting.pdf
Earth Day - April 22, 2008
- Earth Day Network
- Earth Day - Earth 911
- Earth Day - Wikipedia
- Earth Day - World Wildlife Fund
- Earth Day - EnviroLink Network
- Earth Day - The Wilderness Society
- Earth Day - The Nature Conservancy
- Earth Day - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- About.Com Earth Day - Washington, D.C., Maryland & Virginia
Arbor Day - April 25, 2008
- Arbor Day Foundation
- Wikipedia - Arbor Day
- Plant-A-Tree-Today
- Clean Air Gardening
- Trees Are Good
- American Forests
- United Nations Environment Programme - Tree Planting
How To Help The Environment - Tips For Kids
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Climate Change Kids Site
- NRDC's Global Warming Challenge
- GlobalWarmingKids.Net
- Cool Kids For A Cool Climate
- Pew Center Global Climate Change
- Science News For Kids - Climate Change
Tips On Recycling
- Ecologue
- Earth 911
- Wikipedia - Recycling
- Grassroots Recycling Network
- PlanetPals - Recycling For Kids
- The Encyclopedia Of Earth - Recycling
- TreeHugger - How To Green Your Recycling
- RecycleWorks - San Mateo County, California
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project - Read, Rescue & Reuse
Tips On Reducing Plastic Bag Use
- Poconorecord.com - Plastic Bag Use
- Planet Ark - Why Are Plastic Bags A Problem?
- Environmental Literacy Council - Paper or Plastic?
- Salon - Plastic Bags Are Killings Us - SalonPlasticBags.pdf
- AlterNet, The Great Plastic Bag Plague - AlterNetPlasticBags.pdf
- Portland Business Journal - Whole Foods Market Bans Plastic: PortlandBusinessJournalPlasticBags.pdf
Remember: I Resolve To . . . Achieve My New Year Resolutions, One Resolution, One Day At A Time For One Year. It's your choice. Do it today. Turn your resolution into reality in five simple, common sense steps: Dare To Dream, Decide, Define, Develop A Plan, and Do It Daily. Make your resolution a permanent Lifetime Resolution, something that's with you for good! Above all, Be A Resolutionista, someone who makes resolutions, keeps resolutions, and enjoys the journey! Let's Go For It!
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Kim M. Simpson - July 09, 2008
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