Whoops, its World Blog Action Day

And I forgot.

"Some time ago I signed up to the Blog Action Day"

This guy reminded me: A FAD IS A FAD BUT IT CAN BE A GOOD FAD

As did I.

"The most interesting thing for me is not the environment per se, that's just a fad, but the way the web can get over 16,000 people to write about something."

I'll have to disagree a tad there. I only engaged because of the environment, and really hope it is not as you so definitively suggest... a fad.

However, what is interesting as we are discussing blogs and motivations and stuff, is that I had forgotten all about it until I clicked on my BR email and saw you blog flagging it highlighted.

And then I found out it was today! Ooops.

It's OK as I blog on matters green and mostly unpleasant (my site does the nice, fun stuff), so I am on brief, if by accident. In fact, just by cutting and pasting this across!


Of course green marketing is greener in delivery (or is it... all that need for PCs and servers and juice, etc just to read it), but effective? Hmnn. I needed a prod.

Green only passes as a fad if there is no substance, or indeed need to stay with it.

I would maintain there is. But then you need to be on board with a climate caution. For what it's worth mine is man-worsened climate change as a sort of 'best not to assume it isn't, because if it is then being proven wrong doesn't really seem so bard (unless you're a climate optimist, in which case being proven wrong means we're toast if your views have prevailed).

What I don't go for is scare stories, fines and the whole green tsunami things, where you get bombarded and have to go with it all.

So, as you raise it, how obesity got equated to climate change I have no idea. That seemed daft.

Good on Florian. I wish we in the UK could be more like him. Thing is, his government and businesses are helping him a lot more, both with systems and incentives and logistics and clear communications in complement.

Here we have quangos on bonuses if we recycle more, and almost no joined up e-systems at all when we do. Plus a bunch of dodgy pols trying to grab our vote depending on whether the Guardian or Daily Mail can scare up a frightening fact pro or con that day.

So yes, as one of those bloggers I hope it may be a start, but I have to go off and now wonder how I forgot all about it.

Ta for the heads up.

Treehugger - Blog Action Day Takes the Blogosphere by Storm - Not such a huge storm, really. It may just be me, and I blinked, but I can't think of hearing or seeing this anywhere else but these two places. Maybe the BBC and Gordon Brown, etc, had better things to do. Shame, as the numbers looked good.

Reuters - Thousands of bloggers unite in blitz of green tips

Kinda off topic, but on message, I do note this 'The U.N. climate panel said this year it was at least 90 percent likely that human activities, led by burning fossil fuels, were stoking warming that would lead to more heatwaves, droughts, floods and rising seas' That looks like a vote for MWCC to me!

Guardian - Bloggers share tips to go green - Including the originator, four posts. And oen said it had 'passed him by'. Hmmmn.

ADDENDUM - Nice note:

The Wrap Up

The very first Blog Action Day was an unprecedented success and
we've got the final wrap up where the site used to be at
http://blogactionday.org complete with statistics, sample posts,
details of the huge amount of press coverage we had all over
the world, quotes and more.

It's a must see. Please feel free to spread the word around as
it's great for people to really see what we achieved together.


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Thanks

And if I could just say a huge thank you to every single one of
you, all 20,603 registered bloggers who took the plunge even if
it meant going off their regularly scheduled programming and
stood up to be counted.

Also thank you to everyone who helped out with the effort, in
particular Leo Babauta whose contacts, writing and enthusiasm
pushed the enterprise forward, my wife - Cyan Ta'eed who braved
the media and fronted up to interviews around the globe, John
Brougher who put together the superb video, Ryan Allen who
performed the elite coding to keep the site up despite barrages
of traffic and most importantly my Dad - Fuad Ta'eed who valiantly
looked through thousands of blogs to give the tick of approval,
every single day for two months.

So until next year when we get back together for
Blog Action Day 2008

And this from Blogger (Not us, sadly, but hey):

In honor of Blog Action Day, we wanted to highlight some of the many Blogger-powered blogs that are focused on the environment, climate change, and sustainability. Want to see more Blog Action Day participants from around the web? Find them on Blog Search.

• Cleantech Blog - Commentary on technologies, news, and issues relating to next generation energy and the environment.
• The Conscious Earth - Earth-centered news for the health of air, water, habitat and the fight against global warming.
• Earth Meanders - Earth essays placing environmental sustainability within the context of other contemporary issues.
• Environmental Action Blog - Current environmental issues and green energy news.
• The Future is Green - Thoughts on the coming of a society that is in balance with nature.
• The Green Skeptic - Devoted to challenging assumptions about how we live on the earth and protect our environment.
• Haute*Nature - Ecologically based creative ideas, art & green products for your children, home and lifestyle, blending style with sustainability.
• The Lazy Environmentalist - Sustainable living made easy.
• Lights Out America - A grassroots community group organizing nationwide energy savings events.
• The Nature Writers of Texas - The best nature writing from the newspaper, magazine, blog and book authors of the Lone Star State.
• Rachel Carson Centennial Book Club - Considering the legacy of Rachel Carson's literary and scientific contributions with a different book each month.
• Sustainablog - News, information and personal meanderings related to environmental and economic sustainability, green and sustainable business, and environmental politics.
• These Come From Trees - An experiment in environmentalism, viral marketing, and user interface design with the goal of reducing consumer waste paper.