It's the last day of April, a month that begins with a fools joke and lot's of really bad weather, at least here in Chicago,  and ends with a huge whew.... I got my taxes done and more bad weather!! 

I have been setting aside my nutritional supplemental advocacy for green awareness throughout the month of April now since 1997. This year I noticed that Earth Day in some circles has turned into Earth Month, and that makes me wonderfully happy.

From a business perspective selling and sharing green clean is a different beat, a different focus and truthfully not nearly as lucrative as the nutritional side of my consulting. See, I work for points. One bottle of remarkable all purpose cleaner that has 1001 uses and will last you approx 4 years gives me about 5 points.  My bonus and profit = something like $6. It's not going to feed my family, provide a vacation, or prepare me for retirement. Heck it can barely buy me 2 Starbucks latte's. With the turn around or potential for a repeat sale of 4 years, now that the products has been remarkably doubled in it's concentration, it means my follow up has to be pretty darn superb. ( not to worry, I am darn good at follow up!) I vow to continue to introduce the line, one person and one household at a time - just like the founder of our very fine company did when he created this product in 1956  

In my world we've been celebrating earth day every day for some time, the flux of eco friendly, green marketing this and that, green washing has me very frustrated, the message is mixed and the trends arising and misconception make me wish we could just go back to being hippies and sing kumbaya 

At the same time the awareness is rising and the messages are perculating and people are beginning to shift their ideas about what it means to really be green. For that I am also happy.

I tried to share as much information as I could this month to offer you a breadth of ideas to assist you with your very own greenness - I admit that the pile of " to write " in my green file is still bursting and so I will continue to share when I can. In the meantime I thought a great way to bring closure to April would be to provide you with a recap:


Five Ways to Go Green

Vinegar vs Organic Green Cleaner

Rachel Ray Says...

The Self Cleaning Bathtub

Gatorade or Pine Sol

Illinois Green Clean Schools Act

Green Fundraising

All Things Bridal - Green Gifting

Thank You for Our Trees

How Green is Your Village?

Natural Pest Control Rocks

Scour Naturally and Phosphate Free Dishwasher Powder


I am also would like to mention a group of green bloggers that I have befriended. This mention is long overdue, especially as we have continued to get to know each other.

Through an initial invitation from La Marguerite, one of my first bloggy friends, we are now all working together to share the green message.  Each of us has a different approach, message or style.  I am deeply privledged to say that I am part of this think tank and devoted green messengers.  I am incredibly proud of all of them. I am also very clear that the reach would not be nearly as viral if it weren't for the blogging medium. Most of us started blogging as a hobby are completely hooked!!  Besides being huge advocates for the planet we are all part of pioneering this 21st Century method of communicating. 

In Woman We Trust
Green Talk
Talk Climate Change
Greenadine's Weblog
Organic Mania
Scream to be Green
Philly Eco City

* note my dear green friends that there is a section now in my blog role that will highlight just you...soon. I promise.
( Did I miss anyone? )


ME .... writing green 

Karen Hanrahan ~ Wellness Educator/Nutritional Consultant/Blog Author
708.482.0678 ~ Websites: Nutrition Weight Loss, and Green Clean
 
How do you celebrate Earth Day?
If you're not cleaning green - what's stopping you?