Friday, June 22, 2007

Small Actions to Change the World #1 (Carnival)

I'm delighted to launch the first edition of the Carnival "Small Actions to Change the World" with this post! This will be a monthly carnival with articles that contain small actions any person can make in order to create a better and more sustainable world! Although some articles were posted after deadline, I will still include them here, I'll make it my Small Action to Change the World :-).



We kick-off this Carnival with an article from Chris Baskind from LighterFootstep, he tells us Why small changes matter. This is an excellent introductory post for this first Carnival.

Tracy from The EcoStreet Blog presents How to host an eco-friendly children's party. To the parents: Small actions with little kids could result in big action with big grownups later :-).

PlasticLess presents Five Easy Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Use. Be sure to check it out and start saving today!

Jess Sand from Small Failures gives you 5 Steps to a Better Farmers' Market Experience. Keep these in mind next time you go to there!

Jeremy Hobbs from Jeremy's Consumer's Corner presents an innovative web platform SwitchPlanet.com. His opinion on the site "I'm loving the combination of reducing waste, and charitable donations. Great service!"

Astrid Lee from Therapeutic Reiki presents World Healing a worldwide distant healing initiative which you can join from anywhere. Why not give it a try?

Riversider from Save The Ribble present a photo-rich article on the Mud and Maritime Festival. He explains: "We help explain the importance of River's Mud for wildlife at Preston's Maritime Festival."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of "small actions to change the world!" using our carnival submission form. The next deadline is July 20th! Also visit our blog carnival index page to get more information.

I want to end this article with a story. An old man once walked along the beach. Suddenly in the distance he saw colours on the beach. He went over to see what it was. It turns out that these were starfish. There were so many of them washed up from the sea. Though he was amazed, he didn't think about it twice and just went further for a walk when he saw a child - this child was throwing starfish into the ocean. One by one. The old man walked up to him and said: "What are you doing? There are so many of them - you won't be able to save them all!" To this the child replied: "I might not be able to save them all." The child picked up a starfish and said: "But I can save this one. And this one. And this one."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice carnival, well done, and thanks for including us!

Anonymous said...

I'm happy to include you - it was a really nice post! If you want to join the next carnival, don't forget, the deadline is always on the 20th!