No black people left behind.

There's a lot going on in the *bendy quote fingers* green world this week and there's a lot that I'd like to share, but please beware that I am not consistent, so if you are tuning in to this blog everyday (like me, hoping that something would manifest itself) but have been disappointed, don't completely knock it off your morning list of blogs to read. Just because I am not consistent, I am not a quitter. Enough about me, (not really) though, in just a week of being dedicated to delivering and commenting about green news, I have found a number of great blogs, magazines and articles online that we can take full advantage of.

Before I get to that, I'd like rant about black people being left behind.
NOTE: Please don't be mad at me for throwing us all into one category because it's wrong but everyone does it for the sake of conversation. The other week I was watching 'Kid Nation' (yes, I'm a TV Junkie) and the youngest kid there won a gold star worth $20,000. The first thing he said, or it may have been the last thing he said is that he wanted to save it because the price of gold was going up. There are so many things wrong/right here. Sure, 8-year-olds should know about the price of gold, yes, but when I was 8, I was thinking about Barbie and how many people were/were not coming to my birthday party. (Shoutouts to Wendy, my life-size doll and the only one there...lol) Seriously, do you know any black kids, how bout we say, black or latino kids that know anything about stocks/bonds or the price of gold? If so I want to meet her/him. How many black kids do you know that have a bank account? (Shoutouts to mom, becaus I did) Everytime I watch that show I think about how mature, well-spoken and serious these 8-14 year-olds are. It's not something that's hard to believe (kids can be smart), just something that's hard to swallow because I think about myself at that age and kids I worked with in a recent afterschool program. We're not on their level and it's scary. It may not necessary be a race thing, it could very well be a class thing and a school-funding thing, but that's another blog for another day.

My point is that while I could be blogging about race issues, womens issues, music, books, art, fashion, children or crime or lots of other things that are important to me and keep my mind racing, I choose to discuss *bendy quote fingers* green stuff and how to conserve energy and renewable sources and these other things because I don't want to be left behind and I don't want others to be left behind. I can see my auntees and cousins now talking about wind turbines in their back/front yards because the gov't put them there and they don't know why. Let's learn, let's be on top of these things because the truth is that a lot of this information can save us money, time, health, well-being and etc. if we pay attention.

So back to the biz, while looking up stuff last week to help me on this quest, I found Envirowoman, who is trying to live without buying, using or keeping anything plastic because of its harmful effects on nature. Check it out. Think about how much plastic you use. What would you do without it?

I also found a Canadian woman who does something green everyday. She's turned her thermostat down, despite the chill of the North; she doesn't have a refrigerator; she's chosen greener household cleaners and green taxis; she's ditched processed food, plastic grocery bags, tape, shaving her legs; and these are just the recent changes. She's witty about it too, and that helps. I'm still stuck on the refrigerator thing...

This site is like the ultimate source for green/sustainable planet/recyclable goods news. It is where I was inspired to begin this blog and where I get a lot of information. Although I don't like to call myself this...

That's all for today, folks. Just a start. I hope you are inspired (lol) Stay tuned for more and remember what I said. I am learning here, too. Please feel free to leave comments and suggestions.