Compete’s New Years Resolution: Help Mother Earth
Written by TJ Mahony (contact - e-mail) -- January 1st, 2007 | Recommend ThisToday is the day we all decide to become better people. It’s the day we take inventory of our lives and decide on one thing we can change to improve our health/happiness/career/etc. Today is when we declare our New Year’s resolution.
At Compete we have decided to help Mother Earth. After watching An Inconvenient Truth – a film by Al Gore explaining the dangers of the rising planetary climate - the picture became very clear – as a society we need to change.
The film affected many of us and many of us have begun altering aspects of our lives to help protect the planet, but we all need to make small adjustments. The problem is that not enough people are being reached with the right information.
Over the last five years traffic to leading green sites have doubled, yet still attract less than 250K people a month. This penetration translates to a mere 0.08% of the U.S. population checking in on our core environmental issues each month.
The release of An Inconvenient Truth lead to a surge in traffic to its site (climatecrisis.net), but after peaking at 340,566 visitors in June, the site attracted just 71K visitors in November. There simply are not enough people learning about the core issues and discovering ways to adjust their lifestyles to help save our planet.
So what’s the solution? If the former Vice President can’t reach enough people, who can? Lime.com?
Lime.com strives to help people live healthier lives. The site focuses on diet, exercise, personal care products and, of course, the planet. The chart above illustrates that Lime is growing quickly and surpassed the half million visitor mark in November. By focusing on the individual Lime indirectly promotes what is also healthy for the planet. Lime.com is more yuppie than hippie, but anything that helps people participate in the preservation of our planet is a good thing.
I invite our readers to find one thing they can adjust in their life to help preserve the planet. You might be surprised how easy this can be. Click here to see 10 Things You Can Do.
Get SnapShots of sites mentioned in this post:
Did you like that post? You'll love these.
Done reading? subscribe: To get an automatic feed of all future posts subscribe here, or to receive them via email enter your email address in the box in the right column.
Link to This Post:
Posted under: Environment |
Trackback Link | Permalink | 
Get the 
January 2nd, 2007 at 12:11 pm
this is interesting . But I wanted to point out that your study includes only a few mainstream environmental group websites. It would be more accurate to also look at readership of Grist magazine and things like Treehugger, StopGlobalWarming, and various individuals’ blogs. One thing is you might want to look at all the blogs at BlogNetBiz/Environment and see all the green blogs there and their readership. In short, old school green sites like Greenpeace and Sierra are great but they are not necessarily representative of the current state of green website readership!
January 2nd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Interesting thoughts, but as Miranda said, this needs closer analysis. It is no surprise that climatecrisis.net peaked and then dipped - after all it just reflected the popularity of the film. I am also not at all convinced by the validity of lime.com as a meter for green issues : it simply reflects the interest that people have in themselves, and if being greener adds to that feeling of well-being, then so much the better. Lime can only help itself by being seen to be green.
But there is more to it that just the raw statistics. My main site (”The Earth Blog”) is not a conventional blog, but a series of long pieces, which need a bit of commitment to get through (although I try and make the outcome as rewarding as possible). Nevertheless, my own 3rd or 4th level blog had a record 6,000 hits last month, and seems to be going up. Could it be that it is the more committed environmentalist, rather than the casual reader, that is more relevant in reflecting our attitudes? 20 years ago there was just a handful of “Eco Warriors” that scared the pants of some and were sen as deluded by most; now the same types of people are seen as “campaigners” and “speakers” - and there are a lot more of them!
I am heartened by the mainstream, long-term involvement of organisations like the BBC, in the environmental agenda. We may hold some stall by the figures attached to blogs like Groovy Green and Grist, but the readers are predominantly transient - it’s the number of comments that show some thought that is far more relevant. Without committment, the environmental movement is no more than a fad.
January 2nd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
I’m all for helping the earth. The audio environment is also somewhat neglected, with songs becoming increasingly predictable, lacking in a distinct melody line, and lacking in terms of meaningful lyrics. I’m determined to do my part to enhance the auditory world. I’ve started the New Year with this original song. This one’s for all the earth lovers and music lovers out there.
A Future 2B Hold
Dr. BLT
words and music by Dr. BLT (c) 2006
January 2nd, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Sorry, I forgot to add the link:
A Future 2B Hold
Dr. BLT
words and music by Dr. BLT (c) 2006
http://www.drblt.net/music/future3.mp3
March 7th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Somebody using pheromons to attract women, whether is real it?
Where they can be got?
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:36 am
Hi. Cool design. Keep up the good.
Bye.
September 25th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Amerikanische Firma „ACG Logistics“ sucht nach Mitarbeiter in Europa fuer die Arbeit im Logistikbereich. Interessanter Job mit guter Verdienstmoeglichkeit.
Schicken Sie bitte Ihre Bewerbung an info@acglogistics.biz
September 27th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Amerikanische Firma „ACG Logistics“ sucht nach Mitarbeiter in Europa fuer die Arbeit im Logistikbereich. Interessanter Job mit guter Verdienstmoeglichkeit.
Schicken Sie bitte Ihre Bewerbung an info@acglogistics.biz
September 28th, 2007 at 2:12 am
Amerikanische Firma „ACG Logistics“ sucht nach Mitarbeiter in Europa fuer die Arbeit im Logistikbereich. Interessanter Job mit guter Verdienstmoeglichkeit.
Schicken Sie bitte Ihre Bewerbung an info@acglogistics.biz
September 28th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Amerikanische Firma „ACG Logistics“ sucht nach Mitarbeiter in Europa fuer die Arbeit im Logistikbereich. Interessanter Job mit guter Verdienstmoeglichkeit.
Schicken Sie bitte Ihre Bewerbung an info@acglogistics.biz
October 6th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Amerikanische Firma „ACG Logistics“ sucht nach Mitarbeiter in Europa fuer die Arbeit im Logistikbereich. Interessanter Job mit guter Verdienstmoeglichkeit.
Schicken Sie bitte Ihre Bewerbung an info@acglogistics.biz
October 6th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Hi
G’night