CJ: Thanks Muse! I try to keep a balanced view and I think it’s important to feel passionate about an issue, but also to be able to speak with respect; otherwise the message can be lost or overpowered.

Anyway, I’ll be doing my second post later… I’m not sure that will be quite as eloquent. I want to talk about the politics surrounding the environment; so if I get audited next year by whichever party wins our election, I think I’ll have done my job!

My favourite way of doing something is the one you’ve put at number three - take personal responsibility and act. Far too many people want other people to do something while they do nothing themselves.

And I really must visit your blog more often - not every other month or so.
CJ: Hi Stonehead, you know emigration could work! I’d be able to read blogs to my heart’s content then, and the rents couldn’t be much worse than in Sydney at the moment. Maybe I should look at New Zealand; they’re an extra 2 hours ahead and I’d be in Hobbit country as well.
I think responsibility is a very important step; it’s not necessarily about being carbon neutral, but just understanding that we all have an impact on the world we live in. So often we do things because we don’t think about them; we wash dishes after every meal because it’s a habit, but we can learn a new behaviour. That’s what this whole initiative is about, raising awareness of the issues, and in the end it comes back to personal responsibility, how each of us can help in our own ways.

Thanks for your contribution; looking forward to having a good read of your post too!

i can personally connect to a few of the points.

water running while i brush my teeth - it was like a must-have every morning. but then i saw this nice awareness ad in a mag about african kids having less water and how changing even this habit helps to solve the water crisis.

not having a long shower is something that i wasn’t used to all my life. but i am a better person now

taking your own grocery bag is something i love too! there ought to be a rule for that really! i don’t know why there isn’t any.

i know you do visit my blog once in a while, even though my posts are not worthy of your comments ……… i am requesting you to please come over and read my blogactionday post AND make a comment. it’s not everyday that bloggers are united, and maybe this is a good enough occassion to connect AND comment too!
CJ: Hey Sanjida, glad you liked my post! I connect with all these points in some way, but definitely the recycling and the running water I know very well; I used to think I’d choke unless I had running water while cleaning my teeth, but now I know better!
The main problem I have is I’m renting, so there’s only so much I can do; I’d love to be able to fix leaky taps and get a new showerhead, but you need permission for all that. So the best I can do right now is to write letters and do everything else I can to help. There should be a rule like that for bags, though. I know in the next year or so incandescent bulbs are going to be phased out over here; maybe they could do the same for plastic bags?

I read your blog a lot more than it seems, btw! I have quite a few I frequent every day or two and your blogs are two of them. The commenting thing is my bad and it’s not just with you; it’s with Sulz, WC, Muse and everyone. It’s the time difference here in Aus, it’s literally 1am here now and I’m going to bed soon. Often by the time I get to see posts the next day, I’m not contributing anything new. But I should comment more and I’m working on it! I promise I’ll pop across to have a look at your post before I pop off for the night.

On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talk…