Green Dreams Creating a Better World for Us All

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let our dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till they bring them to sunshine and light." ~ Woodrow Wilson

What is green living? Is it living off the grid? Living in a green house? Working at a green job? What exactly does it mean to be green?

While at its essence, a sustainable lifestyle, or living green, refers to a lifestyle and set of choices that minimizes a person's environmental impact, those choices may also embrace sustainability concepts of efficiency, organics, waste management, and so forth.

But in green living, what is more important? The vision? Or the eco action?

One might argue the mindset is more important than the eco actions. Why? Because life is dynamic. As expressed in our eco friendly training, applying sustainability concepts one way today may not be the sustainable solution of tomorrow. Your life circumstances change so it's in your approach to life that matters.

However, on the contrary, the bigger the dream, the more you aspire to become.

Maybe it takes both - big green visions aligned with strategic eco action.

For instance, promoting sustainable business and a sustainable lifestyle can take all forms and shapes. In our sustainability consulting, we addresses eco awareness and the integration of sustainability concepts into business and daily living by asking clients to replace current habits and processes with those incorporating sustainable ones. For a business, that may be a sustainability plan. For an individual, that may be a personal sustainability plan.

Each of us has a role to play. What is it that you specifically care about? Is it the natural beauty in your neighborhood? The campsite you visit each year? Spotting wildlife? Maybe it's that first breath of fresh air as you step outside to go to work each day.

Connect with that, and take eco action to support that. Explore the habits and areas of your life that you can take eco action to support the environment that you love. Your actions are a green beacon of light to others calling them forth to find the value, the eco actions for them to support the environment that they love.

When others see you living a sustainable lifestyle, and see that you are enjoying it, it inspires them to make similar efforts for themselves. How can your green dreams inspire eco awareness in yourself and others today?