Knowledge is power. That is a very important statement. We don’t stop learning when we complete our education. I always thought my mom was weird when she said she learns something new every day. Back then I was eager to finish high school so I didn’t have to study anymore, to learn anymore. Now I know what she means.
When Ben told me he was going to create this blog, I was ecstatic. Not only is this a topic that is very important to me, but is something that is deeply rooted in me since I was very young. My cousins and I created a “Save the Earth Club” maybe 15 years ago. We didn’t know what we were going to do with it, but knew what needed to be done. We created flyers and handed them out to neighbors, and even cleaned up a park a little bit. Soon that fizzled away, like many childhood hobbies. However, I still had that sense of responsibility; to do something to make this world a little better.
I have always liked helping my parents with the recycling. This is something very basic, and almost everyone does it, or should do it even if it’s the bare minimum. Some states even require it. I am not going to get into statistics, because that is what Ben will probably do, but to know and understand what is going on in this world not only nationally but internationally WILL get things done.
We compete in the marketplace to find a better way to make things, to find efficiencies or to bring the cost down. This applies to the whole concept of going green. Companies are implementing ways to bring down overhead costs by using wind power, solar power or using less packaging. When I found out my company’s new addition was going to include geo-thermal heat, this made me love my job even more.
The whole purpose of this blog is to learn. Ben is a novice at anything environmental, but that will change. It will not only be him that learns, but also me. There are things that I have hesitated at doing because it was inconvenient or expensive, things that I didn’t know or even resources that I didn’t know existed. Anyway, hopefully you will join the cause and us while we go through 52 week of going green.
