ReduceFootPrints Interview

Hey everyone!  Sorry for the lack of posts, content and reviews this week.  I was a little under the weather and couldn’t concentrate long enough to spit a sentence out, let along 500 words.    Hopefully I will back to business as normal soon!

I do want to share someone and something with you all.  A great website for eco-friendly news, blogging and environmental ideas.  The developer is “Small Footprints” and her blog is Reduce Foot Prints which you can find at www.ReduceFootPrints.blogspot.com.

I think Reduce Foot Prints deserves a nomination for the Green Web Awards 2009 at Nigel’s Ecostore.  I have nominated RFP in the Eco-Blogs and News category.  I would really love it if you would take a few moments to check her site out.

She runs this great meme on Wednesdays called “Change the World Wednesdays.”  It is completely thoughtful, and better then any meme I have ever seen!

I had a chance to do a small, short interview with “Small Footprints.”

When did you start Blogging?

In July of 2008.

When and what made you be an eco-pioneer?

Well, I don’t know if I would call myself an eco-pioneer … I’m just a regular person who loves the earth.  I got pretty tired of hearing the news media tell us how dire things were, and how we needed to act “NOW”, without telling us what we could do.  Oh sure, we’ve all heard how driving a hybrid car and building an environmentally efficient house can reduce CO2 but … most of us can’t do that.  So, I set out to learn how we (normal folks from all walks of life) could help.  Reduce Footprints was actually started as a way to get people sharing information and taking both small and large steps to help the earth.

How do you research and find your information?

There are so many wonderful resources for information … the Internet, the library and, of course, word of mouth.  First, I try to find interesting, unusual ways to live “green”.  Once I’ve found something, I read everything that I can find on the subject.  This field is, at times, very controversial … the experts can’t always agree on the basics of whether or not there is a problem.  So, I try to find resources from every side … and ones that don’t have a vested interest in their beliefs.  That way, I can come up with what I believe to be the truth.   That being said, I have come back, at times, and updated a post because new information became available.  Again … it’s all about learning.

What is the biggest thing you have done personally to try and impact the planet?

Well, I practice what I preach so … I won’t ask anyone to do anything that I, myself, haven’t done or won’t do.  Writing this blog has brought about a huge shift in paradigm for my family.  We now compost and consciously reuse as much as possible, we recycle on a larger scale, we pay attention to our purchases and choose only items (and packaging) that are earth-friendly, and we have cut our energy use by more than half.

What is something non-eco that you have had a hard time letting go of?  Or the thing you have changed that was the hardest?

Long, hot showers … I now take cooler, 2-3 minute showers.  And as the weather gets cooler, it’s awfully tough not to linger and use too much water.

What are some of your favorite blogs?

That is such a hard question to answer … there are so many wonderful blogs that I try to visit regularly.  Of course, Prissy Green is right up there at the top.  J  Let me answer it this way … I follow over 400 blogs and I adore each one.  Just check out the blog roll on Reduce Footprint’s sidebar … most of my favorites are listed there.

Is your family eco-conscious?

Yes!  Everyone in my family cares about the earth and makes a conscious effort to live green.  They have also actively participated in both offering ideas for Reduce Footprints and joining the “Change The World Wednesday” challenges … a weekly event designed to raise awareness.  My family is the best!

If you could get everyone in the world to stop doing 1 thing now what would it be?

Rather than ask everyone to stop doing one thing, I’d ask them to start doing one thing … and that would be to start reducing their consumption of everything.  I’m not talking about consumption in terms of what we eat … although reducing our food intake would also be earth-friendly.  More, I’m speaking of consumption in the broader sense … the way we consume natural resources.  Our demand for stuff causes the earth a lot of heartache.  There is the drain on natural resources, the energy used to produce stuff, the waste of packaging … well, the list goes on and on.  So a very simple step that each person could take would be to just reduce the demand … reduce our consumption.

I really think you would enjoy this blog. Sure there may not be giveaways going on all day, but you can certainly learn something. And that makes a day quite worth it!  If you do find yourself liking Reduce Footprints, please take a couple moments and nominate the blog  yourself for the Green Web Awards 2009 at Nigel’s Ecostore.

Karissa Gindling™ for Prissy Green™ ©

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