EcoSherpa - Happy Belated Birthday!

I realized on the weekend that I had completely forgotten about our one year anniversary on the 18th! Doh!!

It’s pretty ironic (yet strangely fitting) that our birthday week would be one of the slowest weeks on the blog this year! Things have continued to be very busy for Steve and myself and it’s become increasingly difficult to make time for EcoSherpa.

That being said, the show must go on, and I am still commited to getting at least something new up each week.

In hindsight, I am so glad we started this blog, even given the fact that we haven’t been able to devote enough time to it. All in all, it’s been a really eye-opening experience. For starters, it has really helped to raise my awareness-of, and commitment-to the green movement. There are certainly still plenty of areas I need to improve upon in my own life, but the important thing is that ball is rolling and quite a lot of progress has been made already.

Aside from learning a lot more about environmental matters, I’ve also had the good fortune of getting know some really cool people as well. Speaking of which, it’s been awhile since I’ve sent some ‘link love’ out to my green friends, and this post provides me with a prime opportunity to do so.

Here is a small handful of the individuals who have helped to make me feel much more welcome in the green blogoshpere:

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg - One of the first, and quite possibly the friendliest greenie I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. Jeff of course is very well known (and well-liked) in green circles. His original claim to enviro-fame was Sustainablog, but he has certainly made his mark in numerous other ways in the green blogoshpere (and in the green community in general) over the years.

Speaking of Sustainablog - I’m very happy to report that it is back in action! Jeff took some time away in order to focus his energies on another major eco-endeavour, Green Options (more on that in a minute), but has decided to dust off the cobwebs and get things rolling once more.

Shea Gunther - Another friendly guy with a passion for all things green (oh, and good pirate jokes too). As most people know by now, Shea teamed up with David Anderson (bringing Jeff onboard shortly thereafter) to create Green Options. I was actually a member of the beta testing team and have been blown away with their progress on all fronts since their launch in February!

Chris Baskind - Someone who could definitely give Jeff a run for his money in a “friendliest green guy on the web” contest is Chris Baskind - the brains behind Lighter Footstep. I’ve been meaning to give Chris a ’shout-out’ for quite some time now, and in fact have attempted to corner him for an interview on a couple of occasions. Unfortunately he is extremely busy, and if you check out his website you will see why! Lighter Footstep has only been around since January (or February), but evolved very quickly into an awesome green resource site. Chris certainly epitomizes the term “jack of all trades” with his web development, design, research/writing, and overall marketing prowess.

Chris recently launched his latest project, EcoTumble, a fun green “tumblelog” that already seems to gaining a serious following in green community. Be sure to check it out!

Franke James - Definitely one of my favourite greenies on the web (and not just because she is a fellow Canadian! haha), Franke has wowed me with her visual essays and her overall passion for green change. I was very proud when I learned about how she took a stand against the city of North York when they told her she could not install a ‘green driveway’. The fact that she won the battle relatively quickly should serve as a reminder to us all that one person can indeed make a difference, especially in this day and age!

Apart from making new friends, EcoSherpa has certainly given us a decent opportunity to practice our writing skills - something I’m definitely grateful for. I’ve always considered myself to be much better suited as an editor than a writer, but I feel like my writing ability has improved somewhat (I find it easier anyway) and hopefully with further practice it will continue to get better.

Between the two of us we’ve managed to publish close to 370 blog posts. I’m actually quite shocked by that figure since it works about to approximately 1 post per day - not too shabby, especially given how busy we’ve been! Hopefully we’ll see that number double (at least) by the time we reach our second anniversary!

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Written by Bentley on July 23rd, 2007 with 5 comments.
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