Anyone still interested?

I know the APLS Carnival has went on an unofficial hiatus the last several months, but I'd love to get it going again, if anyone is still interested.

Let me know...Post a comment below or email goinggreenmama@gmail.com.

Details for the April Carnival & Looking For New Hosts!!

April's carnival will be hosted by me, Ruchi at Arduous Blog. The topic: Is Earth Day relevant?

As Earth Day approaches, I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I feel like it's good to have one day a year where the focus is on the environment. Earth Day may build awareness in people, and it might give some people enough pause to significantly alter their lives. On the other hand, shouldn't every day be Earth Day? Many argue that Earth Day allows people to feel good about recycling their aluminum cans, driving their Toyota Prius, and bringing their own bags, when the truth is those actions barely scrape the surface in terms of what might be necessary to combat the forthcoming environmental crises. What do you think?

To participate, submit links to your posts to aplscarnival [at] gmail [dot] com by April 20. The carnival will be posted on Earth Day, April 22.

On another note, we are looking for hosts for the next few months. If you are interested in hosting, and you haven't hosted yet, let me know in the comments to this post. After that, we'll open it up to people who have already hosted, but we want to give everyone the opportunity to host if they so choose.

March carnival is up!

Hi everyone,

My internet connection is ridiculously unreliable these days, so I posted the carnival a day early, just in case. It is at Green Resolutions. I loved the contributions and appreciate the information about ways I can make a difference.

Jaime

March Carnival reminder

Don't forget to write a post about your favorite charities, and send the link to aplscarnival (at) gmail (dot) com by Tuesday, March 17.

March Carnival Topic: Where do you want to give?

When the APLS moniker was first under discussion, Green Bean posted a series of questions that helped me to understand what life could be as an Affluent Person Living Sustainably:

Do you spend less money than you make?

Do you consciously buy fewer products and, of those products you buy, do you look for used ones or ones that will last longer?

Do you treasure experiences over things?

Do you donate to charity? Time, money or goods?

Do you eat local food? Make your own bread, yogurt, or even your own dinner?

Do you garden? Bike? Hang your clothes out to dry? Compost?

Do you think about your own impact on the environment and what you can do to help our planet?

Do you care about what happens to your neighbor? Your children's classmates? The people manufacturing your children's toys in China?

Do you live a fuller, more meaningful life?

The part about charity resonated with me. We’d just sold our condo and bought a house. I’d just quit my full-time job to stay at home with my son and didn’t know how much I could make as a freelancer. I didn't feel like we had any money to give. And yet, I was reading blogs with a global perspective and realizing how much I have and how little others have.

When I first looked at the Global Rich List, I just focused on how rich I am. When I plugged in the numbers later, I realized that it shows me how far my money could go:

$8 could buy you 15 organic apples OR 25 fruit trees for farmers in Honduras to grow and sell fruit at their local market.

$30 could buy you an ER DVD Boxset OR a First Aid kit for a village in Haiti.

$73 could buy you a new mobile phone OR a new mobile health clinic to care for AIDS orphans in Uganda.

$2400 could buy you a second generation High Definition TV OR schooling for an entire generation of school children in an Angolan village.

And so, I’m asking all APLS carnival participants to share information about worthwhile charities. Inspire your readers to give, even in this time of economic uncertainty.

(Please feel free to share information about any charities, even if you haven’t yet been able to donate time or money to the charities that you discuss.)

To participate in the March carnival, please submit your post to aplscarnival (at) gmail (dot) com by March 13. The carnival will be published at Green Resolutions on March 20.

APLS in Eden - the February Carnival

The February APLS carnival is up over at The Green Phone Booth. Many thanks to The Purloined Letter aka The Green Raven for brilliantly rounding up a variety of viewpoints about the importance of "nature" in our lives.

Come back next month to discuss favorite charities hosted at Green Resolutions.

Calling all APLS!

Just a reminder that the topic for the February edition of the APLS carnival will be NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

To participate, please submit your posts to aplscarnival (at) gmail (dot) com by tomorrow at midnight, or write asking for a short extension if you need one. The carnival will be published at the Green Phone Booth on February 20.