One Green Generation

Green, frugal, sustainable, simple, healthy, and happy… We are living the lives we want to live. Please Join Us!

Green, frugal, sustainable, simple, healthy, happy... No matter what we each call it, we come together here to support and learn from each other.

We are preserving our planet with our lifestyles. We are creating sustainable communities for our children. We are living the lives we want to live. Please join us!

--------------------

All articles here are written by Melinda Briana Epler (that's me!) unless otherwise noted. I'm a documentary filmmaker, writer, and brand experience designer - I've dedicated my life to living a sustainable lifestyle and helping others do the same. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or thoughts for articles. Welcome!

What would you like to see here?

Happy 2013!!

As you can see, it has been a while since I’ve posted. I’m working on a lot of different aspects of my life and lifestyle, all of which take time. Time is, of course, a limited resource, so my writing has faltered as a result.

However, I’m constantly thinking about One Green Generation – the many wonderful relationships built here, the resources shared, the motivations we provide one another. And I want to continue this is some way.

So, what would you like to see here? The sky is the limit, for the moment – please let me know what One Green Generation means to you, and how it might help you.

For instance, I’ve been pondering:

A community website and forum (where anyone can blog and share tips & tricks for sustainable living)
A blog I post ~ once a week
Focus on sustainability challenges (I put a challenge out once a month, and we all report in)
Let One Green Generation go (instead I’d focus on my work blog about strategy, branding & storytelling for social & environmental change)
Something else I haven’t thought of

I’d love to know your thoughts! Please share them with me in the comments or via email. This post will remain here for a while, so please let me know when you can.

Thanks.

Wishing you a wonderful, sustainable 2013,
Melinda

8 comments to What would you like to see here?

via Facebook

January 21st, 2013 at 11:47 am · Reply

PS Regardless of where the blog heads, I will keep up this Facebook page, because I enjoy it! :)
Lyndsay

January 22nd, 2013 at 7:26 am · Reply

Ooooh, I think it’d be great as a dedicated challenge space, so we are able to support and push each other!
Karen

January 22nd, 2013 at 8:42 am · Reply

I’m new to this website but love it. I’d like the community offering and a challenge space, too. Our Transition group is also creating challenges in sustainable living. Thanks for posing this offering.
debgorr

January 22nd, 2013 at 6:05 pm · Reply

Missed having you blog Melinda! I’ve always enjoyed your posts and the challenges.
Nelly

February 3rd, 2013 at 4:03 pm · Reply

Melinda:

Good to hear from you and Happy New Year to all!

I would suggest a mix of 1 and 3. The community (including you) could suggest challenges for the following month and we could all report back at the end of the month on the chosen challenge. It might be easier to keep pushing us that way as life (even on the greener side) does get in the way :)

Happy and Green 2013!
andrea

February 5th, 2013 at 3:12 pm · Reply

Good to see you back here! I would love to participate in monthly challenges, but I would probably need the blog post once a week or so to keep me motivated and able to make forward progress. Based on other challenges I’ve participated in, I find the more there is to check in for, the more I will contribute. So motivational!

Either way, I’d hate to see #4 be the answer, but would totally understand you needing to focus on work.
Rob

February 11th, 2013 at 9:19 pm · Reply

I miss you so much when you are away. I agree with Lindsay and think a dedicated challenge space with a blog you post once a week would be great!
TreeSister Sophie

February 15th, 2013 at 12:18 pm · Reply

I have just come across your fabulous blog and am so moved by your dedication both to all things green and to your own body and healing. I loved your blog on how meditation is good for the planet! Looking forward to seeing how it evolves.

MySQL server version: 5.1.45 collapsCat options: Array ( [title] => Categories [showPostCount] => [inExclude] => exclude [inExcludeCats] => [showPosts] => [showPages] => [linkToCat] => 1 [olderThan] => 0 [excludeAll] => 0 [catSortOrder] => ASC [catSort] => catName [postSortOrder] => ASC [postSort] => postTitle [expand] => 0 [defaultExpand] => [debug] => 1 [postTitleLength] => 0 [catfeed] => none [taxonomy] => category [post_type] => post [postDateAppend] => after [postDateFormat] => m/d [showPostDate] => [useCookies] => [postsBeforeCats] => [expandCatPost] => 1 [showEmptyCat] => [showTopLevel] => 1 [animate] => 1 [customExpand] => [customCollapse] => [catTag] => cat [addMisc] => [addMiscTitle] => [number] => 3 [includeCatArray] => Array ( ) [expandSym] => ► [collapseSym] => ▼ ) postsToExclude: Array ( ) CATEGORY QUERY: SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy IN ('category') AND t.slug!='blogroll' ASC CATEGORY QUERY RESULTS Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 101 [name] => 10000 Steps Challenge [slug] => 10000-steps-challenge [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 131 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 8 ) [1] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 147 [name] => A Year About Me [slug] => a-year-about-me [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 178 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 40 ) [2] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 27 [name] => About Us [slug] => about-us [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 30 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 55 ) [3] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 107 [name] => Accomplish Your Dreams [slug] => accomplish-your-dreams [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 138 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 4 ) [4] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 153 [name] => Alternative Medicine [slug] => alternative-medicine [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 184 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 154 [count] => 5 ) [5] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 103 [name] => Buy Nothing New For The Holidays [slug] => buy-nothing-new-for-the-holidays [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 133 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 4 ) [6] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 68 [name] => Buy Sustainably [slug] => buy-sustainably [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 85 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 61 ) [7] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 30 [name] => Challenges [slug] => challenges [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 37 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 10 ) [8] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 65 [name] => Children [slug] => children [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 82 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 19 ) [9] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 148 [name] => Cleanse [slug] => cleanse [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 179 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 154 [count] => 24 ) [10] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 91 [name] => Community Garden [slug] => community-garden [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 120 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 15 [count] => 6 ) [11] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 17 [name] => Community-building [slug] => community-building [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 33 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 81 ) [12] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 44 [name] => Eating Locally [slug] => eating-locally [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 54 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 56 ) [13] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 69 [name] => Economics [slug] => economics [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 88 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 25 ) [14] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 63 [name] => Energy & Climate [slug] => energyclimate-change [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 80 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 43 ) [15] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 56 [name] => Family Allotment [slug] => family-allotment [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 71 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 15 [count] => 5 ) [16] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 53 [name] => Fire Escape Garden [slug] => fire-escape-garden [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 66 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 15 [count] => 1 ) [17] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 90 [name] => From Seed To Seed [slug] => from-seed-to-seed [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 118 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 42 ) [18] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 36 [name] => Frugality [slug] => frugality [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 46 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 64 ) [19] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 15 [name] => Gardening [slug] => gardening [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 32 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 69 ) [20] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 176 [name] => Gluten Free [slug] => gluten-free [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 208 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 154 [count] => 5 ) [21] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 55 [name] => Grandfather [slug] => grandfather [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 68 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 11 ) [22] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 18 [name] => Green Reading [slug] => green-reading [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 36 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 17 ) [23] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 58 [name] => Green Your Insides [slug] => green-your-insides [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 74 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 20 ) [24] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 114 [name] => Growing Challenge Evangelist Edition [slug] => growing-challenge-evangelist-edition [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 145 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 8 ) [25] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 154 [name] => Health [slug] => health [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 185 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 16 ) [26] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 105 [name] => Inciting Change [slug] => inciting-change [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 135 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 20 ) [27] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 28 [name] => Living Locally [slug] => living-locally [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 34 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 67 ) [28] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 87 [name] => Make Do & Mend [slug] => make-do-mend [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 114 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 7 ) [29] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 206 [name] => Mental & Spiritual Health [slug] => mental-spiritual-health [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 238 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 154 [count] => 3 ) [30] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 1 [name] => Miscellaneous [slug] => miscellaneous [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 1 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 23 ) [31] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 57 [name] => News [slug] => news [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 73 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 21 ) [32] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 43 [name] => One Local Summer [slug] => one-local-summer [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 53 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 6 ) [33] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 26 [name] => Organic Gardening 101 [slug] => gardening-101 [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 31 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 15 [count] => 31 ) [34] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 21 [name] => Pets [slug] => pets [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 87 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 8 ) [35] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 95 [name] => Q&A, Polls, Forums [slug] => forum [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 124 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 19 ) [36] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 113 [name] => Questions & Answers [slug] => questions-answers [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 144 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 95 [count] => 5 ) [37] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 35 [name] => Recipes [slug] => recipes [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 45 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 34 ) [38] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 29 [name] => Redefining Normal [slug] => redefining-normal [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 35 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 88 ) [39] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 138 [name] => Reviews [slug] => reviews [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 169 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 39 ) [40] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 47 [name] => Riot For Austerity [slug] => riot-for-austerity [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 60 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 4 ) [41] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 37 [name] => Seattle [slug] => seattle [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 47 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 27 ) [42] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 8 [name] => Simple Living [slug] => simple-living [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 72 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 105 ) [43] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 51 [name] => The Growing Challenge [slug] => the-growing-challenge-challenges [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 64 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 60 ) [44] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 165 [name] => The Growing Challenge 4 Season Garden [slug] => the-growing-challenge-4-season-garden [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 197 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 30 [count] => 7 ) [45] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 48 [name] => Urban Living [slug] => urban-life [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 61 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 28 ) [46] => stdClass Object ( [term_id] => 67 [name] => Videos & Films [slug] => videos [term_group] => 0 [term_order] => 0 [term_taxonomy_id] => 84 [taxonomy] => category [description] => [parent] => 0 [count] => 11 ) ) POST QUERY: POST QUERY RESULTS
A Year About Me
About Us
►Challenges
Children
Community-building
Eating Locally
Economics
Energy & Climate
Frugality
►Gardening
Grandfather
Green Reading
►Health
Inciting Change
Living Locally
Miscellaneous
News
Pets
►Q&A, Polls, Forums
- Questions & Answers
Recipes
Redefining Normal
Reviews
Seattle
Simple Living
Urban Living
Videos & Films

One Green Generation

Join Us Here, Too

Recent Comments

Buy Sustainably

10,000 Steps

Green Your Insides

Great Reading

What would you like to see here?

Similar Posts:

8 comments to What would you like to see here?

Leave a Reply

DON’T MISS A THING!

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

Recommended Reading

The Growing Challenge

Peruse Our Archives

Categories