Blog action day: the environment

This blog has grown to be mostly about my feelings for and reactions to the natural world rather than a fact packed eco-warriors bible. In the short time I’ve been here I’ve seen so many blogs crammed with lists of “20 ways to save the environment” or “50 ways to cut down on plastic bags” and while I do read them, many are an exercise in recycling in themselves; there is often precious little that is new. At one point I wondered if I shouldn’t be doing those lists too; how could I call myself an environmentalist if I’m not constantly writing about a greener lifestyle, the latest petition to sign or direct action to take. But I don’t want to write about the struggle, or the lists. I feel that caring for the environment has to be more than a numbered bunch of chores, more than a fashionable, sexy blog subject to be toyed with and disposed of in favour of the next big thing. Blogs that give you real, concrete and achievable things to do are vital for providing the information we need and I thank their authors for the work they put in to bringing us this information; but I realised today that my blog isn’t like that. It’s about my passion for the natural world; it’s about the why rather than how.