For the past seven years, I've been working on what I believe is the best way to get both kids and adults outside and to encourage them to learn how to protect the environment.
I firmly believe that the best way to get people more involved with the environment is to start in their own yards...."Their share of the planet"...and encourage them to get up close and personal with the environment. I believe that when people do that, they eventually begin to appreciate all of nature a little more and then they begin to take more responsiblity for protecting the planet.
For seven years I've been trying to get the government more involved with "educating and encouraging others" to take care of their own share of the planet. http://www.takecareofyourshare.com/
The recent book I published, How to Take Care of Your Share of the Planet, is a compilation of many of the things I have written on the subject AND America's Great Outdoors Initiative might finally be the action I need to encourage some government organizations to adopt the project.
I think that if I can get more people to vote for my idea, it will keep it near the front of this website, which is about the Great Outdoors Initiative.
To vote, people need to go here to create a username (email address) and password: http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf/register
They then need to go here to login: http://ideas.usda.gov/ago/ideas.nsf?opendatabase&login=1
And back here to Promote my idea (box on left) and leave comments if desired: http://tinyurl.com/27me6a3
Its unfortunate that the process is a little complicated, but it is just a few simple steps and it could really make a difference towards creating a whole new generation of environmental stewards.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Betsy S. Franz
© Betsy S. Franz is the author of "How to Take Care of Your Share of the Planet"
