I just wanted to remind everyone about the “Blog Action Day” initiative:
On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind – the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future.
Several of my friends and readers are already planning to join in. Close to 10,000 blogs have already signed up. Join us!
You don’t need to have a blog, either. Murad Hassan posted a list of suggestions for Facebook users (Facebook account required) that work for other situations, too. I’d like to reprint them below, slightly edited:
- If you are a group administrator, greet all the members of the group with a note relating to tone of the day (environment). On Flickr, run a thread on the environment.
- Do a self–wall post on the environment [on Facebook]. Post environment-related pictures with a message on it to Flickr
- Change your profile picture to a tree or the Blog Action Day logo.
- Have your status changed on Facebook to “Blog Action Day 2007 – save the world, save the environment” or your own pledge to save our planet. You status message can be of an emotional tone, fun tone, or threat tone!
- Write on friends’ walls [on Facebook] with little friendly tones on the environment.
- Write on the forums and groups you belong to.
- Have your entire written electronic communications signature carry a message on then environment.
- Post photos, videos, and quotes relating to the environment.
- Join us on the the Facebook group on Blog Action Day.
Of course, as you cross from modifying your own profile to actively communicating with others, take care not to be preachy or give unwanted advice. Unless you already discuss environmental issues with them, many people may not appreciate “little friendly” environmental messages.
Ancora Imparo 