Ethical Man on BBC News

Have you heard of the Ethical Man series by BBC News? It's actually a bit old by now, but it's great fun! And certainly gives this city girl some food for thought in terms of greening my life. In the series, one of their reporters, Justin Rolatt, "embarks on a year of ethical living." An endeavor that is basically an effort to green his life, and of course his wife and children are forced to go along for the ride. As part of their new ethical lives, the family gives up their car, gives up flying by plane for vacations, becomes vegan for a month, and makes an effort to create energy savings at home in well-known ways such as compact fluorescent light bulbs and insulation, and less-known ways such as installing a wind turbine as an alternative energy source for their home. Check out the 30 minute video summary of their year of ethical living. You can also check out shorter more in-depth segments on each of Ethical Man's adventures.

More recently Ethical Man has come to America. You can follow his American Adventures at his blog.

Lastly, I'll share with you an entertaining bit of info I've learned from Ethical Man: Kangaroo farts may just be the key to changing the world.

'HOME' on You Tube

Wow. Our planet. Our Home. This is an amazing movie. And the entire thing is available on You Tube AND in several languages. It's amazing not only for the message, but also the stunning and beautiful, though sometimes hard to see, look at our planet. If you haven't seen this, you should really take the time too. And I'd even say show it to your kids. Even the young ones. Watching it myself, I constantly kept wishing my four-year-old were beside me to learn even just a little bit more about the planet we call home.

If you have been thinking about 'greening your life' this movie will certainly give you a big nudge in the right direction! It has made me feel glad just for the small baby steps I'm taking now. Give it a look and if you don't mind, I'd love to hear your reactions.