Turns out that social media can (and should!) be used for something other than complaining about your boss or finding out what events to attend over the weekend.
These sharing tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and many others allow us to glimpse another person’s daily life and – in the best cases—be inspired and motivated to make changes to our own routines.
Connecting with others who share our passion for living an eco-friendly lifestyle gives us someone to be accountable to and a community of likeminded people to challenge us.
When inspiration is hard to come by, look to this list of influential, positive people to follow. After all, can’t everybody learn a little something from each other?
Who to Follow on Pinterest
TreeHugger (treehugger)
Described as “a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information.”
Eco Party Time (ecopartytime)
Watch for fun — and doable — eco-friendly party ideas, from weddings to birthdays.
Ecouterre (ecouterre)
Ecouterre, an online magazine dedicated to all things eco-friendly design and fashion, has a companion Pinterest that offers everything from shoes made from recycled material to “living” fashion.
Green Living (greenlivingblog)
Green Living’s “Gone Green” board has more than 200 pins (and over 3,500 followers) and “Tips to Go Green” has almost 150 pins with simple advice (use white chalk to remove greasy stains) to fantastic green products. Looking to get rid of unwanted pests (even lice) naturally? Green Living is loaded with eco-friendly solutions.
GreenHouse EcoCleaning (greenhouse)
You know we have to include our own Pinterest account! We pin healthy, sustainable recipes, community photos, and DIY projects to help you reuse, recycle, and repurpose household items.
Who to Follow on Twitter
@brightgreen – Tom Savage is the founder of brightgreentalent.com. His tweets cover a variety of environmental subjects, including green jobs.
@ecofashionista – Kelly Drennan is an eco-fashion and sustainable living activist. She tweets about green fashion and living, as well as green issues.
@EcoGlamourista – Sheila V. Flores tweets about sustainable beauty, fashion and lifestyle topics.
@ecopolitologist – Tim Hurst is a writer and editor at Green Options and Ecopolitology. His tweets cover a broad spectrum of green subjects.
@ecowarriorr – Hillary Newman covers green news and issues for the Huffington Post. She tweets about trends in green and eco living and is very involved with her followers.
@GreenHouseEco – of course we have to add a plug for our own Twitter feed. We tweet tips and information about living an eco-friendly lifestyle as well as keeping you up to date on developments within the company and our natural cleaning product brand, EcoSpirit.
To find more green tweeters to follow or just to join in a conversation, follow the #EcoMonday hashtag — the environmental equivalent of #FollowFriday.
Organizations to Follow on Facebook
Environmental Advocates of New York – the state’s government watchdog, holding lawmakers and agencies accountable for enacting and enforcing laws that protect our natural resources and safeguard public health. They are the New York affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation.
EcoWatch – EcoWatch’s online news service focuses on the issues of water, air, food, energy and biodiversity. EcoWatch showcases the insights of world-renowned environmental leaders and promotes ongoing environmental campaigns including climate change, fracking, mountaintop removal, factory farming, sustainable agriculture and renewable energy.
Nature Find New York- a great hub for local nature-based organizations and nature enthusiasts to share favorite places, upcoming events, interests, photos and more – there’s even an iPhone app for nature-finders on the go.
Riverkeeper – a member-supported watchdog organization dedicated to defending the Hudson River and its tributaries and protecting the drinking water supply of nine million New York City and Hudson Valley residents.
Leave it Better – a re-generation Educational Program, youth empowerment, food justice, farming, mobilizing, sustainability, grassroots organizing, activism, civic engagement, nutrition, health, farmers’ markets, environmental stewardship, food & environmental policy.
GreenHouse Eco-Cleaning – a great place to chat with us and share how you’re living a green lifestyle daily. We are building a community of healthy, happy fans of the sustainable lifestyle and we’d love to connect with you there.