Getting Pumped for Earth Day
Earth Day is just in a couple of days, and activity on the interwebs are abuzz with news and opinions surrounding the holiday.
Here at Dell, we’ve got a couple of things going on worth another mention. We’re using our Twitter and Facebook accounts respectively to collect green tips that people send in, and we’ve already received some great ideas on how we can lower the carbon footprints of our day-to-day lives.
For Twitter, we are partnering with the good folks at Brighter Planet to host earthtweet. For our part, we’re giving away a spring green-colored Studio 15 laptop to the tweeter who posts the best green IT related tip. Participation in the contest is easy. Simply tweet your green IT tip and add “#earthtweet” to the end of it, and you’re entered. Entries have been slow to come in so far, but that just means the odds of you winning the laptop are higher!
Seventh Generation posted a timely blog today, pertinent not only for Earth Day, but for the spring season as well. It offers several tips on spring cleaning for people with allergies or asthma. Lots of old dust can get kicked up during the cleaning process that care irritate the sinuses of people who aren’t affected by these conditions, so it’s really a great resource for everyone looking to brighten their homes to match the beautiful spring weather.
Our friends at Grist have stirred the pot and spurred conversation around their own challenge to the whole Earth Day concept. They argue that the idea that wasteful habits and practices can be atoned for on one day alone is a cop-out, and are encouraging people to treat everyday like it’s Earth Day. (And they’re even giving away free downloads of their book Wake Up and Smell the Planet to people who register to Grist between now and April 23rd!) Treehugger issued a terse response to Grist’s Earth Day campaign, claiming that their anti-Earth Day campaign is counter-productive to the overall mission of bringing environmental awareness to everyone, prompting Grist to post a response further explaining their stance on the day. It’s turned out to be an exciting debate, and when two giants of the green blogosphere like Grist and Treehugger engage online like this, it attracts attention to the overall movement. Mission accomplished, I say. Conversations like these are a great way to get the word out, even if tempers do get a little heated. Where do you stand on this debate? Let us know in the comments section below, and in the meantime, let us know what you are doing to make the planet a little greener.
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by Getting Pumped for Earth Day | Green Organic Recycle / April 21, 2009