Green Options

As the majority of writers on Eco Child’s Play are parents of young children, we often focus our posts to this age group; however, green parenting is not only for the young.  What happens when our green children grow up and go to college?  Maybe they will grow up to be an activist like Tim DeChristopher and block the sale of public land for oil and gas drilling.

Department of Interior cancels Bush controversial administration oil & gas exploration leases in Utah. Much of the land was adjacent to treasured Utah national parks and monuments.

Tim DeChristopher, the student who won over 22,000 acres of land at a Bureau of Land Management Auction, is on his way to purchasing the land, which was originally intended for sale to oil companies.

[Creative Commons photo by Wolfgang Staudt]

DeChristopher infiltrated a Bureau of Land Management auction on December 19th. Because the agency threw the auction together so hastily, he was able to get inside, grab an auction paddle and bid against the oil companies. He successfully raised the $45,000 by today in order to hold onto his claim.