Well, this first blog post is a little more intimidating than I had imagined! When I first started the website back in 2005, it was just a website with a monthly newsletter. For some reason that seemed easier, sending out emails and updating the website. Really, this is no different but a blog just seems harder … or something? Maybe it’s because I have some friends and fellow moms following the blog, so I worry about judgement. But I have decided I just have to jump in and do it without worrying too much about what people will think – easier said than done, but I’m trying.

To get myself going I thought I’d start this post with what I am not. Get it all on the table. And then we can get on to what I am and what this blog will be. Thereby ending on a positive note – that’s what all the text books tell you to do right?

I am not an expert in climate change or eco-issues. And I don’t have any expertise in writing articles (or blogs for that matter). I am certainly not an expert in grammar – can you tell that already :). I am not a perfect person. I don’t lead a totally eco-friendly lifestyle. In fact there are many, many ways I could improve in that arena, but like moms around the world I am busy and frantically trying to find time to do what I can, where I can.

What I am first and foremost is a mom with a desire to learn more about our environment and share what I learn with others. I don’t profess to know the answers, but I will try to offer information so you can decide for yourself what makes the most sense to you. By subscribing to this blog, you’ll get information about climate change as I find it; articles from the mainstream and not-so-mainstream media about eco-issues; suggestions on how to be more eco-friendly; information about other issues that might affect the health of your family; and sometimes I expect there will be musings from me about being a mom.

I hope that you will join me. And of course I hope that you let me know what you’d like to hear about.