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Well, to answer that question, some deep reflection is required.   Personally, it has become a daily contemplation.

Market researchers want to segment us in to “shades of green”.   Without getting into all the details, it goes from the hard-core advocates (bright green) to people who are downright uninterested in the environment and will challenge every initiative to improve the state of our planet (brown).   So, most of us fall somewhere along the spectrum.  The question is, are you “green” enough?

I find it hard to believe that there are people out there in the brown category, but they must exist.   This may not be a scientific fact, but for my generation, I see the environmental & global awareness movement starting about the time of the 1970’s television public service announcement featuring the American Indian with a tear streaming down his face as he looked over the littered landscape. The crying indian commercial If you are throwing trash out the car window at this point, by my definition, you fit in the brown category.  However, I can’t tell you the last time I saw anything, other than a cigarette (that is a whole other topic) thrown out a car window.   To me that says that as a society, with public awareness and a small behavior modification, we can change for the better.

So the vast majority of us fall somewhere in between brown and bright green.   I think we all agree we could do more to reduce, reuse and recycle.  You don’t have to be a fan of Al Gore or believe that climate change is a result of human causes to appreciate the need to make better environmental choices as a society.   So how do you, as a drop of water in the ocean that is humankind,  take steps along the “green” path?

1. Environmental & Global Awareness – Are you conscious and informed about the small steps you can take to green your life and improve the state of the planet? If not learn more.
2. Pick one behavior to change and do it.   Something as easy as using reusable grocery bags instead of paper or plastic in the store.
3. Repeat steps #1 & #2.

So, are you green enough?   If you do steps #1-#3 – the answer, in my book, is yes.

Kathy de Jong