Today is Blog Action Day and the topic is climate change. While it would seem that motivations on being green are a tree hugging oblivious ideals, they are simple savings both with money and resources. Things such as insulating one’s home, purchasing energy efficient products and simply changing one’s wasteful behavior will make much more impact with minimal impact on freedom. The risk when asking the government to become involved we loose our freedom to make choices. Regardless of the benefit of any laws to lessen human climate change, the fact is that the ability for an individual to choose will be impacted. The idiom of think globally act locally has a better impact than having our “trustworthy” politicians leading by “example”
We need to take individual responsibility and if we each do the little things they will add up. Walking and biking, changing light bulbs, insulating, and turning down the thermostat not only help your bills but also the alleged impact of your existence on the planet.