1 post tagged “environment”

For another class I'm in on "Environment and Society", we were asked to find ways that we can reduce our ecological footprint. An interesting option that I came across was BeGreen, a social networking site dedicated to reducing their users' carbon footprint. I love the design and idea of the site and many of the suggestions that they give are practical and easy to apply to everyday life. The only part that I don't like about it is that when you are unable or unwilling to change certain parts of your life, the site suggests a certain amount of money to give in order to reduce that impact. While I'm sure this money does help, I think there are better options such as giving more suggestions to how a user can help actively in their community on these issues instead of forking out the checkbook. Overall, I think this is an interesting take on the social networking phenomenon that will hopefully have an impact on the environment.