Grassroots Green
March 17th, 2008 . by Alex Dow
Today there are plenty of great ways to begin making a positive impact on the environment; but what if one aspires to something more personal than the great yet simple practices of recycling, buying with a conscious and reducing their own impact on the planet? Enter Grassroots Green.
What I have christened as Grassroots Green is getting green accomplished through your own unique, passion instilling means. The beauty of Grassroots Green is that by getting active on another level, others will be inspired, green happens in a whole new way and the opportunity to introduce others to green opens up. From my own experiences I’ve found the following three steps to be fundamental in beginning your own Grassroots Green effort.
Identify a green need within your community. This can be anything from starting a recycling program for you and your neighbors, to getting the ball rolling on legislation for more renewable energy incentives in your city. Don’t get too caught up on it, if we’ve tried to communicate anything through our publication it is that green should be simple. Start small and move on from there. After you’ve got your need identified write out the steps needed to get it resolved. These steps should be flexible as your understanding of the need will more likely than not change as you are working on it. Be prepared to take the first step immediately; it will likely be as simple as a phone call or a bit of research online. Finally, I think that it is important to find someone else that you can count on to partner with you, share in your passion, and help take the steps already identified to see that your community’s needs are met.
