The Environment is the Envelope

Today, I’ll attend a World Affairs Conference talk by former Colorado Senator Timothy Wirth on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder. Tim is the President of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund, a fund set up by Ted Turner to support the work of the UN.

Tim Wirth’s talk will focus on the theme that “The Environment is the Envelope” within which all human activity takes place. His speech is a call for sustainability in an age where financial collapse captures the news headlines, and the state of the world’s environmental is generally ignored.

If people only respond to events that personally touch their lives, what would it take to take personal responsibility for your local environment. The following four blogs written by individuals who are taking LIFE seriously, marks the emergence of a trend at the very local level to pay close attention to the sustainability of our own hometown.

The four blogs include: LovelandLocal, Stepwisefamily, EcoYear, and PeakSoil. Thanks to Boulder County Going Local for spotting these “nutrients for the soul.”