As of the 20th of January our country has a new president. I have no intention of going on a political rant in this post, my focus is more on what this means for the environment. First and foremost, any new enviromental policies or initiatives will be a huge step forward from anything that has happened under the last president.

In lieu of the recent activity among the Big 3 automakers to fly private jets to washington to beg for money, it has got me thinking of all of the hubbub over the past years about environmentally friendly automobiles and why we should be buying them and making them. I was going to make a post about the word hubbub actually being in the dictionary (which is strikingly fascinating), well at least the online dictionary, but i couldn't make a connection that would relate to the environment, so i just used the word in this post and now i will go back to my point.

I've always thought that the best way to get people to protect the environment is to come up with ideas that are convenient and mutually beneficial. I believe it is very idealistic to believe that everyone is going to increase their environmental awareness just out of the kindness of their heart. So when an idea comes along like GreenPrint, it peaks my interest.

Aside from promoting re-useable canvas bags, we here at PlasticBagsAreTheDevil.com are constantly looking for other environmental causes that we can post here and spread the word about. The most recent one we have found is a website called GreenDimes.com. They are an organization/charity that will remove you from most junk mail lists and plant five trees for you every month. All for less than the cost of a coffee per month. Aside from the personal benefit of not getting spammed with tons of crap in your mailbox.

As everyone knows by now, wildfires have ravaged a good chunk of California recently, with some spots still burning. A side note in a portion of the news stories was that half a million acres of forest were lost. Secondary to the loss of homes, lives, and money. Now I can understand the importance of those three items, and I can definitely sympathize with all of them, but I wish that more emphasis was placed on exactly the scale of wilderness that was lost. The years and years and years of growth, and the amount of time it is going to take to recover these forests.