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Week 1 is almost done and still looking for great green blogs

October 22nd, 2009

As I near the end of my first weekly task, I am beginning to wonder if the internet ever runs out of information.  This week my task is to start following specific sites and also to find new blogs or sites to share with my wife.  I am beginning to experience information overload and need your help.  Can you help me find 3-5 green blogs or sites that I should pass along to my wife?

Beyond the sites she wants me to find, she also asked me to follow The Daily Green, Tree Hugger, and worldwatch.org.  She will be proud, as I have been keeping up with these sites every day.  These environmentally friendly sites have certainly been giving me plenty of information and I am learning all sorts of interesting green information.  Everything from news about green legislation to how to make paper from garbage… I am being learned in the ways of hippiedom.

After I complete all of the “required” reading, I have been looking around the internet for other interesting and unique green sites.  Among the plethora of green information I have waded through, there have been a few sites that have seemed to stand out for me.  These are not necessarily the sites I will pass along to meet my requirements, but have certainly been interesting.  First, I found Franke James and found it to be a very fun green and eco-friendly site.  Franke James is an author/artist/photographer who won me over with her visual essays that I would label as children’s book for grownups.  Pictures are always a bonus!  Check out Paradise Unpaved for a good example of her work. 

I also found Go Green Street.  This site provides a variety of useful information that is organized in a manner that is very easy to navigate.   The easy navigation and great content make this site one that I will continue to visit.  Lastly, I found EnviroGadget.  I love toys and this will be a site I will continue to watch.  I noticed on the front page, they listed a solar/crank powered radio flashlight that I already own and bring ice fishing with me.  Very handy little item.

I have found a few interesting sites that give me a variety of information, but I want to make sure I am getting the best bang for my buck.  Check out the sites that I have mentioned and let me know in the comments section below if you have a great green or eco-friendly site/blog that you would recommend.  Your help is greatly appreciated!

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Week 1 update – Looking for interesting green or environmentally friendly blogs

October 20th, 2009

I have to be honest that Ashley did not give me the most difficult task to complete this week.  My only task is to spend time on the internet finding interesting things on the internet.  For anyone that knows me, this is not really any different than what I usually do.  I am, however, still on a search for the 3-5 blogs that I need to send back to my wife Ashley.  Can you help me find the green blogs I am looking for?

If you read my previous post, part of my task is to start following The Daily Green, Tree Hugger, and worldwatch.org.  I now have these sites in my RSS reader and have been paying attention to the information that has come across.  Of note, and oddly humorous to me,  US consumers now find gas efficiency to be more important than the number of cup holders when purchasing a vehicle.  Apparently, four years ago this was not the case.  I also learned that Halloween paint sometimes contains toxic chemicals.  And here I was just about to have some Pumpkin Brown face paint soup. 

The second part of my task is to find 3-5 good sites or blogs for me to follow and recommend to Ashley.  If you know of any good green websites for me to follow, please leave a comment with the URL or contact me directly at ben@guygoesgreen.com

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