Blog Action Day - 15th October 2007

Greetings! Well Blog Action Day is here! I am very excited and am looking forward to going off to other participants sites however first need to complete my own postings! My apologies for the lateness in the day but I had an early night last night, due to an early start this morning and this is the first moment I have had to blog.(Much to my disgust!)

So, blogging about environmental issues...I have given this a lot of thought. There are so many things I could write about: don't leave your TV on standby, unplug the phone charger when the phone is not charging, turn the tap off when you are cleaning your teeth, but we all know about these by now don't we?

The environment is pretty much a daily issue in the UK and I expect in many other countries. We now all know there is an issue, we may debate whether we are responsible but surely we must all agree that whether the changes we observe are as a result of our actions or not we live in a wasteful society with room for improvement.

We have identified a problem and it is our duty to try and fix it. Maybe the Earth's environment is changing as part of a natural trend but is burying tonnes of non degradable rubbish in a hole in the ground as a method of waste disposal really a great idea?

Ok, lecture over. My recommendation to mark this event is this: try and eradicate one chemical from your household to mark this day. There are so many eco ethical products on the market, pick one and use it from now on. If it doesn't turn out to be the one for you then pick another. Any change is good change and small changes by many people make a big difference.

My personal recommendation would be ECOVER who produce a brilliant variety of household cleaning products that really do work. They are a worldwide company and can deliver refills thus saving on containers! Or, just type eco ethical products into your search engine and see what comes up. I have found a whole heap but many of them are UK only so it is perhaps better if you look for yourself.

I do not believe that looking after our planet has to be totally life changing for the individual, but if the individuals make the small changes the results will be life changing for the planet. Thank you.

Comments

  1. Anonymous17 October 2007 at 09:22

    Concise and to the point dancin' fool well said.

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  2. Dancin Fool17 October 2007 at 19:06

    Hello Bowledover and thank you. Some great posts came out of this day and I hear blogger are having another next year!

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  3. Anonymous18 October 2007 at 16:36

    Hi dancin' fool 20,000 site entries on Blogger Action Day, I think and very well done by all.

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