Hopefully, your first six lessons have you thinking about ways that you can green your life. Today, you're going to start shaping that thought process into a plan of effective, manageable actions that you commit to taking on a regular basis.
Don't worry - the plan you create today is a draft. You'll continue to tweak it as you move through later lessons, and apply the knowledge that you've learned.
Your Action for Today: Create Your Greener Life Plan
As with any new way of doing things, living greener requires developing habits. Repetition is key to developing these habits, but knowing what actions you plan to repeat comes first.
On a new post in your Green Journal (make sure to title it appropriately), create three headings: Daily, Weekly and Monthly. Under each, you want to list at least two actions you can take on this schedule based on what you already know.
Once you've got your plan in place, you might want to send private messages to friends and fellow students asking them to take a look. You'll benefit from their support as you implement your plan.
Start following your plan. In the first week or two, keep a close eye on what you do (and what you don't do) - it's important to pay attention to what's working for you.
Join Rainforest Action Network & Global Exchange on Saturday April 7 when the "OIL ENFORCEMENT AGENCY" turns out in force to "police" the New York Auto Show.
Wearing "official" OEA uniforms and badges, and armed with caution tape, clipboards, and walkie-talkies, officers of this prophetic Federal law-enforcement agency will converge on the Jacob Javits center to impound vehicles that fall below the agency's recommended MPG guidelines, warn citizens about the public safety hazards of America's addiction to oil, and model what a real law enforcement agency should be doing about the climate crisis.
The OEA is recruiting now. Contact : Agent Chartreuse (Andrew Boyd) 347/228-7416 cell agentchartreuse@gmail.com
The OEA is the theatrical wing of the Freedom From Oil campaign: http://www.freedomfromoil.com. Chapters are starting up around the country, offering a creative new way for people to take action to pressure the big-6 automakers to improve fuel-efficiency standards.
The Javits Center is located at 11th Ave., between 35th and 36th streets. We will assemble at 11am in the little park across the street from the convention center's main entrance. Uniforms and agency gear will be issued at that time. If you can, please wear olive drab pants and black boots or shoes. And choose a color-coded code name. Agent Orange and Agent Chartreuse are already taken.
Officer-candidates that wish to receive pre-action training, please contact Agent Chartreuse (Andrew Boyd).
-- Andrew Boyd 347/228-7416 (cell) http://andrewboyd.com +++ "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." --Andre Gide
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