Q&A: My own private green blog

Your eco-questions answered:

Questions:

1. Do you know anyone in the Portland area with a blog like yours that includes a calendar? Thanks! Jamie
2. I decided to start a green lifestyle blog for the residents in D.C. I decided on a variation of Green Hill Girl or Green DC Girl. And then I came across your website and realized how similar the name would sound. As a courtesy, I am writing to ask if you would be okay with me having a blog with a name so similar to yours. Juli
3. I was thinking of floating this idea by you of me starting a blog called greenbostonboy or something when I move back in the fall to provide the resources you do to Bostonians.... I don't know if you have thought about franchising that s*** or not.... Jordan

Answer: Start writing your green blog already! Yes, be green Portland girl, green DC girl, green Boston boy -- and the like.

I started green LA girl a couple of years ago (before I started blogging at Emerald City), and get e-mails on about a weekly basis either asking me if I know a blog "just like green LA girl" but in their city -- and / or asking me if they can use a variation on green LA girl.

My answer is always "No" and "Do it!" respectively.

Eco blogs are popping up all over the place, but few of them focus on a specific city, and none -- as far as I know -- sport a local green calendar. Yet everyone wants local eco info!

Why do people want local enviro blogs? Because most of the eco advice and info we get is so abstract. Don't put electronics into the landfill, we're told. It'll leach chemicals! But where exactly CAN we dispose of it properly?

The answer to that is much harder to find. And a local blog is usually the easiest way to get that info. However, as far as I know, no one has as of yet created a green [insert place] [boy/girl] blog after writing about one. Why the hesitance, I have no idea.

Maybe to encourage this, I should put together a list of locally focused enviro blogs that really make going green easier for people specifically living in that place. That way, I'll have something to refer to any time I'm asked these questions again. Anyone have recommendations for this list?

Got a question? Ask me: greenlagirl@gmail.com.

Comments

[greengranny23]

When in Boston check out www.beanpodder.com for everthing on the "green" scene in MA!

I recently started this blog, and I'm focusing on eco-friendly businesses and services and everything "green" in MA. I also have an events calendar!
http://www.beanpodder.com/

[Marc]

Over at The Ethicurean blog, we are trying to create a national, people-powered calendar of Food, Farming, & Food Politics events. Anyone can read the events and anyone can join the Google group and then start adding events. The calendar covers just a bit of the world of sustainability, but is worth adding to your RSS if you are interested in food issues.

A link to an introduction to the calendar: http://www.ethicurean.com/2007/10/04/calendar/?cat=60