A new day, a new year and one impressive battle. The first week of 2008 yields fierce competition among GO Journals. Your new gym membership may never be used this year but you can guarantee a greener lifestyle here at GO. Learn tips on how to make your business and life more eco-friendly in 2008. Happy New Year!

9 “Green” New Years Resolutions You Can Actually Do!  - by Nicole67

Does going green seem like a monumental task? No worries, Nicole, shares easy ways to adopt a more eco-friendly lifestyle in the new year that won’t cramp your lifestyle. Who knows, maybe these baby steps will give you the confidence to tackle greater green challenges.

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2007 is officially history, and what a year it was! Gavin’s provided a fantastic overview of some of the big green stories from last year… there’s plenty to celebrate as we consider the next steps we must take to meet the many environmental challenges that face us.

Here at GO, we’re also celebrating our first year in existence: Thursday will mark the one-year anniversary of Green Options’ beta launch. It was an exciting, challenging and fulfilling year: we had successes and hiccups, and (hopefully) learned much from both. As we move into 2008, we’ll be ratcheting up our efforts to help you make greener choices: look for new network blogs (with additional expert writers), and other web properties designed to guide you down the path towards a greener, more abundant lifestyle.

To get the new year started off right, we thought we’d share with you some of the plans each of us are making to make 2008 an even more sustainable year. Here are some of the resolutions members of the Green Options Media writing team have made: Read the rest of this entry »

The Battle of the Blogs is being fought this morning in a grimy starbucks in Malibu, CA. The coffee is bitter and filled with the tears of small business owners. The company is less than stellar, a fine blend of drifters (who probably have millions in the bank) and posh soccer moms being weighed down by their accessories. But somewhere out there a battle call is heard, and regardless of the location, you bloggers will be read. And what a fine battle it will be…

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After last week’s fierce battle between GO bloggers, I think we all are ready for more environmentally friendly combat. In round 2, the holiday season is definitely on our writer’s minds with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads. In this edition of the Battle of the Blogs, all bets are off.

Think you have what it takes to enter the competition and propser in battle? Have great green inspired news and views? You, too, can enter Battle of the Blogs by starting your own GO Journal. Winning posts will be featured on the GO front page for all to read and reckon with. Let the games begin!

5 ways to have an eco-friendly, sexy and tree-loving Christmas - by Ecowriter

A green and sexy Christmas is my kind of holiday and Ecowriter gives you the low-down on a tree-loving Christmas. Check out how to impress your brother-in-law and your tire burning in-laws with your eco-friendly ways.

Truth is, outside of our delightful treehugger entourage, some of our loved ones still nod, smile and think sustainability (and tree-loving) equals sacrifice. Not this year, we say. This time, we pledge to have our less green counterparts join us in an eco-friendly, sexy and tree-loving Christmas. It’s all begins with gifts you can’t unwrap…

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Welcome to Battle of the Blogs - the explosive weekly throwdown between the finest GO Journals. As editor/referee, I’ll feature thought-provoking posts that make our minds tingle with their brilliant wit — or maybe just important information related to saving the world.

You, too, can enter Battle of the Blogs by starting your own GO Journal. Winning posts will be featured on the GO front page for all to read and reckon with. Inspired yet? Ready to enter the ring? Ready, set, WRITE!

Behind Enemy Lines: Notes From a Coal Family - by Michelle Bennet

In my humble opinion, any written work that has “a left-wing conspiracy to take over the world” in the first paragraph is worthy of a gold star. In fact, that may become a requirement here at GO (just kidding..or am I?). Michelle offers a glimpse into her life, influenced by the coal industry and its necessary antagonistic approach to the environment.

During a recent tour of a coal mine, my father eagerly pointed to the run-off pools that help prevent muddy waters from ruining local creeks. The pools were sludgy and stained brown or black; the creeks were the same color. “You can find frogs and fish in those pools, they’re not polluted.” He was happy to reassure me that life would return to the wasted mountain sides, and every struggling weed or wandering flock of wild turkey confirm that life will prevail. But the rich biodiversity of Appalachia cannot be replanted with rows of one species of fast-growing saplings or grass from another continent. What he believes in principle lacks good science because he chooses to ignore parts of the picture. He aims his camera at what he likes best.

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