Goal For The Green

Last Saturday, March 28, 2009, proved to be the most successful Earth Hour ever.  With nearly 4,000 cities and  towns participating in over 88 countries world wide, the message of caring about climate change  was sent loud and clear.

The next big event in  the “green” movement, is Earth Day, which is April 22.  It is my pleasure to keep you informed on natural living tips and ideas, as well as, environmental issues that are important to us all.

I believe that this Earth Day page will offer you the power to find; natural cosmetics, resource conserving appliances, and tips on how you can do your part to reduce waste for the environment.  You will also find meaningful eco-tips at Become.com’s  “Earth Day Tips and Resources”

So, what is Become.com all about?  They are a comparison search engine designed to help consumers doing product research on the web. They crawl over 3.2 billion web pages specifically from guides, expert reviews, consumer reviews, articles, specifications, forums, merchants, and a variety of other useful information to help consumers make better buying decisions.  Become.com also has a “Nearby Stores” feature that allows users to plug in a zip code and get store names, addresses, phone numbers, hours and Maps.  This feature can help you go shopping in your community, and be armed with informed choices.

They also have a blog  about featured green products that they carry.  It is a relatively new blog for them, but they are anticipating more eco-friendly product posts for the near future.

Become.com was recently named one of the best deal-tracking websites by PC Magazine, and selected as Best Search and Comparison site by the Sloan Center for Internet Retailing at the University of California, Riverside .  At the following link, you  can also view additional industry recognition and awards for Become.com

It is my hope that the information provided here, along with what Become.com has to offer, will help you in making the best and most informed  decisions in your green living quest.  Together lets work for a better tomorrow, and the best Earth Day ever.

The Heart and Soul Award is given to those who have touched and/or inspired you through their blog. I was amazed and humbled to find that Sadie over at Sadie’s Skinny passed this award over to me.  She writes a great health blog about her weight  loss journey, health tips and advice on dieting and exercise.  If I could pass this back to her, I surely would!

The rules for the award are to pass this on to three blogs that have touched or inspired me, so here are my three:

Chris over at Living Well Naturally does a wonderful job on helping us know how to live and eat well.  She gives great tips and advice on avoiding toxic chemicals, eating whole foods, supplements, and how to care for our home and garden.  She even has a wonderful line of Mineral make-up that is affordable.  If you haven’t checked out this site, please do.  You can tell she loves what she is doing!

Chatbug Karen, is another amazingly talented woman.  She calls herself a little fish in the big pond.  I’m sure glad I caught her in that pond!  She has an Etsy store, where she has handmade totebags and aprons and just beautiful things.  She also shares her travels, and just fun things on all of her blogs…she has several!

Cady, at NotSoNewlywed, has stolen my devotion and attention.  I have never seen a more dedicated and determined couple as she and her husband Joe are, to become parents.  They are sharing their journey with us, and it is very exciting.  By the end of this month, they will know if they positively are going to be parents.  My heart and prayers are with them.  Please stop in and visit.

I hope all of you will visit these blogs, and I hope that you’re as inspired by them as I am!

If the three recipients of this award would like to pass it along, please visit the Heart and Soul Award website and list the 3 blog addresses that you are nominating. Then download the picture of the award and write a post about it, linking to me, and your 3 nominees, and why they have touched or inspired you.

Back on January 26, 2009, I posted about Chad Maglaque’s plug-in windpower device. He calls it the Jellyfish. It is his entry to Google’s Project 10 to 100th. The project is a call for ideas, with the potential to change the world, by helping as many people as possible.

Originally, today you were suppose to be able to vote for your favorite entry to the contest.  However, due to overwhelming response they are requiring more time to get through all the entries and narrow it down to the top candidates.  Be sure to sign-up for an update here.