Fall carnival season

The fall APLS carnival schedule is now up!

Please note that all submissions are due to the blog host by the 15th of the month. The carnival will be posted a few days later.

September: When does size matter?
Tina at crstn85 writes:
I read a lot of blogs about families and I occasionally find myself thinking "Sure, that's easy to do if there are 4 of you". For example, I can't maintain a worm bin since I just don't have enough food waste for them to live off of. Other times I will tell someone about a green change I made and they think (or even say!) "Sure, that's easy to do if there's only one of you". Such as when I describe line drying laundry in my laundry room. So, what efforts that you make are easier to do because of your household size? Which are harder and make you wish there were a better way?

October: Greening your Halloween
Kellie at Greenhab is planning a fall-themed carnival. Look for additional details soon!

November: Lessons learned from sustainability
Steph at Greening Families writes:
What have your efforts to live a more sustainable life taught you about yourself? Have you been able to change a behavior you initially thought you could not? What has surprised you about your own capacity in your efforts to live more sustainably?

We're looking for hosts and topics for our winter season. Interested? E-mail me at goinggreenmama@gmail.com.

From August into September

First, make sure that you checked out everyone's contributions to the August Carnival. Robbie of Going Green Mama did a great job of rounding everyone up to renew APLS and there's an excellent post summarizing everyone submissions here.

Amazingly, next week it will be September! That means back to school for a lot of us (personally I'll be going back as both a teacher and a student, double the fun) and also means its time to think about the next discussion topic and I'm hosting this month. It would have been very appropriate to discuss sustainability at school, but I didn't have that much foresight so maybe someone can take that on in October.

September's carnival topic is "When does size matter?". I read a lot of blogs about families and I occasionally find myself thinking "Sure, that's easy to do if there are 4 of you". For example, I can't maintain a worm bin since I just don't have enough food waste for them to live off of. Other times I will tell someone about a green change I made and they think (or even say!) "Sure, that's easy to do if there's only one of you". Such as when I describe line drying laundry in my laundry room. So, what efforts that you make are easier to do because of your household size? Which are harder and make you wish there were a better way?

I look forward to hearing answers from the perspectives of people in all different size households. Please email submissions to tina.cardone1@gmail.com by September 15.

Thanks!
Tina at crstn85

p.s. Enjoy the start of apple season APLS!

Reminder - posts due Saturday

Participating in the August carnival? Don't forget to send your links to goinggreenmama@gmail.com by Saturday. Thanks!

APLS August Carnival Topic

Hi everyone,
I'm glad there's still interest in reviving APLS! Thanks to those of you who emailed or posted.

Our August topic is on Green on the Cheap. Has the economy impacted how you live green? Do you buy fewer green products to save money? Or have you redoubled your efforts to live sustainably? What have you learned about living environmentally friendly on a budget?

Let me know your thoughts! Please send links to your posts by Aug. 15 to goinggreenmama@gmail.com. The carnival will go live on Going Green Mama on Aug. 19.

Also, while we have the September topic and host confirmed, the rest of the year is open! If you'd like to host and haven't confirmed a topic or month, please let me know at goinggreenmama at gmail.

Have a great month!
Robbie @ Going Green Mama

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