At this point the green wave has almost completely engulfed the internet. In fact it’s getting so deep I may soon have to shake some of the green liquid out of my Chuck Converse, size 11, hemp high-tops.
We’re a tiny part of the wave, and if you’re reading this, you probably are too. Just as people show varying degrees of environmental awareness and behavior so do blogs and websites. After awakening bleary-eyed and slightly confused today I embarked on a mission to define the greeniness of a few sites we’ve encountered, befriended or scoped out in our pursuit of all things green.
I have categorized some sites by shades of greeniness. We’ll see if I have the cojones to cover the “green wash” category, which could be quite long. For the sake of blog brevity we have kept our selections in each grouping to two or three, so if you’re a blog publisher please excuse any omission of your site. Feel free to add suggestions via comments. As with most things green, this list is intended to grow. And I may do a list next week too.
- evergreen – sierrra club, defenders of wildlife, greenpeace, environmental defense, nrdc – fighting the good fight and proud of it!
- big brand green – treehugger, grist – these folks cover everything green with all the bells and whistles.
- designer green – vegan fashion blog, inhabitat, living homes – style and substance.
- personally green – it’s the environment stupid, a green earth, temas blog – isn’t the personal blog what blogging is all about?
- an interesting shade of green – worsted witch, ecofabulous – green can go far beyond the mundane and can include creative writing and intellectual greeniness…
- entertainingly green – ecorazzi, dhlovelife.com, ideal bite – green culture needs to have more fun.
- greenwash – you go first.
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Hmmm, “personally green” eh? Well, I guess I could do worse (I think)! Would have preferred being “unique” or “substantively green” (my ego showing? LOL), but will settle for being happy at just being listed. :-)
Best Regards,
Keith
Can you throw GroovyGreen (www.groovygreen.com) into your Big Brand Green? We like being the little guy! :) Thanks for the Ecorazzi plug!
I’ll add my own personal green blog to the list – http://victoria-e.com/ :)
Hi Victoria,
Love your blog, great addition!
Welcome to altCon,
Maureen
Thanks for the inclusion.
Let’s hope as our voices grow together we can create a new, fresh world.
Like victoria e, I’ll add mine too, but I’ll let y’all decide where it goes and act accordingly. Good list…
http://jetsongreen.typepad.com
Hi, there.
My blog http://www.news.worldwild.org is green and spotted and painted in all the colors endangered species and Planet Earth comprise.
Good thinking of gathering all together in one place.
Great list. There are a couple of new ones here for me. My RSS reader runneth over. ;-)
c.
Good list and nice to see your site listed here Vicotria E.
I’ve just helped launch a new sustainable living blog with a few feature authors called ‘ethical pulse’ http://www.ethical-junction.org/ethicalpulse/
I also work on the green/eco/veggie shoe fashion site ‘Beyond Skin’ http://www.beyondskin.co.uk/
Hope you consider them for you list :)
And I’ll follow Victoria and Preston’s leads… I think “personally” is the right slot, but others may think differently:
http://sustainablog.blogspot.com
Ecolocal.com has been around for a while, now.
http://www.ecolocal.com
“Help us build the best source for healthy living and local news by submitting your tips, events and links so that we can all learn how to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. Find local news in your area or search our list of events to find dates for the family diary.”
I would add my site as well.
The main site http://www.TheSietch.org covers many DIY projects and has info about renewable energy and things you can do to help the planet, the blog http://www.blog.TheSietch.org covers green news, green topics, and has a discussion forum for other green thinkers.
nice list so far keep up the good work :)
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While everyone else is throwing sites on the pile, I’ll add in Green Options, we just launched in February.
http://www.greenoptions.com
Mine is focused on green home building and remodeling.
http://ronsblog.thisoldbuilder.com
I’d love guest entries from anyone with information on how to make the home a more efficient, comfortable, and safe environment.
Hey, we’re “evergreen,” too — The Nature conservancy at http://www.nature.org/ :)
Since we’re all introducing our sites, I’ll mention our, Lighter Footstep:
http://lighterfootstep.com
We went public beta January 31st, and officially launched this week.
Thanks for the warm welcome Maureen. I’ve been an avid reader of your blog for awhile, so tis about time that I started chiming in. :)
I guess my blog is more of a personal one, especially as it pertains to green things…I write about independent artists and desigenrs (shopping handmade, cottage industry vs. at the mega-corporations) and I also try to write about recycled and environmentally friendly products as much as possible. I find that many of the artists and crafters who are selling the work they’ve made by hand tend to be much more in tune with sustainable practices than big corporations, and I try to help get the word out about these small businesses.
well personally, i hope to win Weirdest Green Blog. Waddaya say, is there room for something on this list that is a little out of the ordinary? Exuberant Pantaphbia >> http://scalarparty.livejournal.com
Lee, you do indeed qualify for some kind of unique category. I think I’m going with “strangely green”. I’ll put up an updated list soon.
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Great list of blogs. Plenty to keep me interested.
In the spirit of sharing we in the UK are also getting in on the blog act as well. My site – http://www.zerochampion.com – is aimed at sustainability in the construction and development industries.
How about a lighter shade of green?
http://www.litegreen.com/
I see the making of a very good site, I hope to add my own listing here soon, on a green product I developed which is about ready for market. Keep up the good work.
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