shyflower
11-21-2007, 10:45 PM
This thread sprang from Sara's idea (http://www.theblogexperiment.com/blog-forum/showthread.php?t=1202) about collaborating on a blog.
I purchased the domain new-ground.net over a year ago with intent to start a gardening site. Yet with client work, my business site, and my two present blogs, I'm usually pretty strapped for time.
Besides, I am becoming more and more concerned over environmental issues. I think New Ground is a good name for environmental discussion.
The idea is still rough around the edges, but here goes.
My idea for New Ground is to begin with three categories: Flora, Fauna, & Enviro. Instead of just planetary environmental concerns, the blog would be a series of small steps people can take to help heal the planet.
I sort of got the idea from the Small Steps (http://www.smallstep.gov/) website on losing weight.
For instance, not a biggy, but what if we all took the first available parking space instead of driving around the crowded lot for half an hour? A small thing, but if enough people did it, it would make a small dent in both emissions and petroleum use.
I haven't taken the time to write a first post yet, but the idea will be better explained there.
What I'd like to do with New Ground is develop a collaborative blog where contributing authors talk about changes they have made in their personal environments, changes they could make, and changes made in their localities that are effective for their purpose but, perhaps, too small to get media attention. For instance, each spring Winona has a river clean up day or a few months ago, I could have reported on the effects that flood damage had to our area or what the government did and didn't do to help people in distress.
Would anyone like to join me? Go ahead and post your ideas here or pm me.
I will truly appreciate any help I can get. Right now I have the template up.
You can see at New Ground (http://new-ground.net) .
I purchased the domain new-ground.net over a year ago with intent to start a gardening site. Yet with client work, my business site, and my two present blogs, I'm usually pretty strapped for time.
Besides, I am becoming more and more concerned over environmental issues. I think New Ground is a good name for environmental discussion.
The idea is still rough around the edges, but here goes.
My idea for New Ground is to begin with three categories: Flora, Fauna, & Enviro. Instead of just planetary environmental concerns, the blog would be a series of small steps people can take to help heal the planet.
I sort of got the idea from the Small Steps (http://www.smallstep.gov/) website on losing weight.
For instance, not a biggy, but what if we all took the first available parking space instead of driving around the crowded lot for half an hour? A small thing, but if enough people did it, it would make a small dent in both emissions and petroleum use.
I haven't taken the time to write a first post yet, but the idea will be better explained there.
What I'd like to do with New Ground is develop a collaborative blog where contributing authors talk about changes they have made in their personal environments, changes they could make, and changes made in their localities that are effective for their purpose but, perhaps, too small to get media attention. For instance, each spring Winona has a river clean up day or a few months ago, I could have reported on the effects that flood damage had to our area or what the government did and didn't do to help people in distress.
Would anyone like to join me? Go ahead and post your ideas here or pm me.
I will truly appreciate any help I can get. Right now I have the template up.
You can see at New Ground (http://new-ground.net) .