Green...Seriously

I take GREEN seriously.

A recent travel company cited a town as being "green." There was no criteria for the selection other than a people's choice selection.  They selected things like an annual town festival originally designed for Earth Day, a few lame environmental organizations that have seen their day.  There was no analysis only a mere "vote me in."

A real green town would evaluate business and business practices that occur daily.  It would include sustainable business practices, educate and influence the "public to consider the goods and services they use in their own communities and to encouage more sustainable choices. "  For example, they would NOT use plastic bags at all.  Smoking inside or outside businesses would not be permitted, nor would tossing cigarettes and trash outside.  The town would be committed to these practices and they would be enforceable.

Here is one such organizations criteria for a real green community might be:

http://www.greenalliance.biz/what-makes-us-green

I love my town.  As a patron on many levels, I want my town to educate and influence the public.  It can no longer be a one way acquisition.  What makes people fascinated with a real green town is real effort to ensure it is.

Green.