Going green...

A couple of months ago, Ken Campbell (our fearless leader in radio) and I sat down to talk about my latest idea for a series. We had been kicking around the idea of doing something relating to climate change and the environment that would be of special interest to listeners in our region. Those discussions have turned into Thinking Green, which launched on Earth Day (April 22) with a call-in show that I hosted.

More pieces are in the works and there's a number of green-related news articles going up over on Everyday Thinking, the science and nature blog. But I also wanted to work on this series on a more personal level and decided that I would blog about the changes I'm making in my personal life that I hope will have a positive impact on the environment.

My good friend, Laura Intscher, is what I call my personal 'green guru.' She was one of the guests on the Thinking Green call-in program and is very inspirational in that she really walks her talk when it comes to living green. We sat down together to make a list of the things I could do that would have a big impact but that would also meet my own needs and abilities:

Stop using plastic grocery bags.
Change over all my lightbulbs to CFLs.
Stop buying bottled water.
Buy local foods.
Recycle a lot more.

It seems like such a small list but it has the potential to have a fairly large impact. I'll be blogging on this topic a few times each month and I'll share what I've learned along the way as I work to meet each of my green goals.

Stay tuned to WSKG Radio for our series as we look at various things you can do that will have a positive impact on our enviroment, and be sure to read the Thinking Green series on Everyday Thinking, the science and nature blog. If you'd like to join in as a guest blogger, send me an email.