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Wow, I'm mightily heartened to see so much response on the email list today. When I first started the group the list email function wasn't working, so I think I kinda walked away for a bit, but glad there is other interest building. Thanks to Ryan and everyone who took the time to respond for kicking it into gear.
Anyone coming to wecansolveit these days is cruising thru a welcome page that has links to Al Gore's recent Energy Challenge speech and there's also a wonderful video with snips from the speech set to music with great graphics. Stop and take a look if you haven't seen it already.
I think the biggest individual changes we can make are in the kitchen (local sourced organic as possible foods, read Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan), home energy efficiency (see Kilowatt Hours, if anybody hasn't, borrow it from me), and on the road ( I just got Who Killed the Electric Car from netflix and should be watching it right now!). But by far our biggest job is making sure there is political will for making these tremendous changes happen on a national and global policy level asap. Take a look at a project like www.ausra.com and see what we can do on a large scale with renewable enrgy. It's mind boggling that there is still so much foot dragging going on. It's going to take all of us and more at home, at work, at church, school and everywhere.
Yes we can! ~m
Anyone coming to wecansolveit these days is cruising thru a welcome page that has links to Al Gore's recent Energy Challenge speech and there's also a wonderful video with snips from the speech set to music with great graphics. Stop and take a look if you haven't seen it already.
I think the biggest individual changes we can make are in the kitchen (local sourced organic as possible foods, read Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan), home energy efficiency (see Kilowatt Hours, if anybody hasn't, borrow it from me), and on the road ( I just got Who Killed the Electric Car from netflix and should be watching it right now!). But by far our biggest job is making sure there is political will for making these tremendous changes happen on a national and global policy level asap. Take a look at a project like www.ausra.com and see what we can do on a large scale with renewable enrgy. It's mind boggling that there is still so much foot dragging going on. It's going to take all of us and more at home, at work, at church, school and everywhere.
Yes we can! ~m
What an exciting time to be in Nashville! From farmers markets to back yard gardens, from energy efficient home improvements to the green power switch, from bio-diesel to bike trails, people all over Middle Tennessee are learning that simple steps make for big changes.
Go Green Nashville is all about introducing sustainable concepts in a positive, accessible way, and creating a local culture of support that lets these concepts find their way into a sensible lifestyle.
Together with WeCanSolveIt.org, Go Green Nashville plans to bring a variety of topical issues to the table with presentations, lectures, workshops, fieldtrips and more. Our goal is to bring the best information to the most people, so that together, we can solve it! Read More »
Go Green Nashville is all about introducing sustainable concepts in a positive, accessible way, and creating a local culture of support that lets these concepts find their way into a sensible lifestyle.
Together with WeCanSolveIt.org, Go Green Nashville plans to bring a variety of topical issues to the table with presentations, lectures, workshops, fieldtrips and more. Our goal is to bring the best information to the most people, so that together, we can solve it! Read More »
Blogging here at We seems the right way to start to share my families journey to a sustainable future. Nashville is on the edge of this movement, not too sure how to jump in & the next few months & years seem poised to bloom with innovation, participation, and action.
My own home is at the edge of Nashville, just across the line into Sumner County, and on the edge of our subdivision. To the front is a typical sidewalk & driveway cul-de-sac lined with kids, scooters, and lawns. To the back is my small bit of yard, then an old hedgerow, a field sometimes inhabited by cows, a giant tree felled by a tornado of 2 years past, and almost out of sight, an old barn whose roof line runs true to north-south, a kind of compass. Read More »
My own home is at the edge of Nashville, just across the line into Sumner County, and on the edge of our subdivision. To the front is a typical sidewalk & driveway cul-de-sac lined with kids, scooters, and lawns. To the back is my small bit of yard, then an old hedgerow, a field sometimes inhabited by cows, a giant tree felled by a tornado of 2 years past, and almost out of sight, an old barn whose roof line runs true to north-south, a kind of compass. Read More »
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