Love this quote....helps me stay focused on what I can do, on my actions.  Stop letting the scope of the eco prevent me from taking a step in the right direction. Epitome of enviro(ish), don't you think?

What inspires you to get started and keep going?

There's this new trend in education and psychology - fixed vs. growth mindset.  Have you heard of it?  It's fabulous.  It shows that our mindset is one of the most powerful forces in whether we achieve greatness or hold ourselves back.

The research says that students with a fixed mindset believe that their basic abilities, intelligence, and talents are fixed traits.  Students with a growth mindset believe that those abilities, intelligence and talents can be developed with dedication and hard work.  In study after study, the professor leading this movement has shown that students with a growth mindset outperform those with a fixed mindset....especially because when difficulty comes along (and it always does), students with a fixed mindset give up because they think it means their intelligence/talents/etc just aren't enough.  Students with a growth mindset value the process...and so one more challenge does not throw them.

Why does this matter for the planet?

Start celebrating that you are trying to make a difference for the planet.  Start right now, with my whole-hearted congratulations.

Thanks for being someone other than my Mom (hi Mom!) to stop by this blog.  Instead of repeating what Enviro(ish) is about (see Meet Megan), I'd like to talk about one of the inspirations that led me here.   

A while back, there was an ad for a new line of natural products at a major grocery chain, and it went something like this: parents wake up to a cow in their bedroom and they milk the cow first thing in the morning, Dad is seen harvesting wheat with a sickle in the backyard....cue voiceover on how trying to eat more natural, whole foods doesn't have to mean we always DIY all the way.  Being more eco and healthy doesn't have to be this hard.

I LOVE this message because otherwise we all just throw up our hands at how hard and "unattainable" it is to be eco/natural/healthy/etc.  Environmentalists have spent decades pushing for bigger, drastic change...pushing so hard that we all feel left behind seeing only occasional PSAs with polar bears on a tiny ice floe.