NOT green, but VERDANT

Verdant... it means living, growing, green. So I am trying to go Verdant, not just green. Why? Why go verdant when everyone is going green? Well, the reason is, that I want to cut through the lies that have become the "green" movement. And I want to find a livable way to care for the environment with eyes wide open to what is going on in our world.

When I say the lies of the green movement, I mean that terms like "green" and "natural" have been hijacked by everyone from the makers of cleaning supplies to cell phone covers. And it becomes hard to tell what is just marketing and what is actually going to help the environment. And sometimes we spend hundreds of dollars on supposed "green" items when we can do things that are more important to the environment by making small and free changes right in our own home.

The second issue is that these life changes have to be possible. We have to determine what is important to do and then find good ways to do it. I plan to take a real world look at the issues that face us daily and give some inspiration and encouragement about how we can be better to the environment.

So I am going to try to cut through this crazy maze and find small ways that we can all live a little more verdantly each and every day.