This Train Has Left the Station

Atlanta goes green. Dunwoody goes green. The school system goes green. Your place of business is most likely going green. And now Dekalb County goes green with the announcement of the establishment of its very own Green Commission and a kick-off event planned for this Saturday, May 9 from 9:30 am to 12:00 at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center, the County’s newest building (in Decatur) that was built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards.

This train has left the station. The only question remaining is are you on board? If not, here is a sampling of simple ways to get up to speed and join this worldwide revolution that has finally, finally permeated our region:

* Planet Green (my teenager is in love with several of the shows on this Discovery-owned network)

* Sustainlane (I like this site specifically for best practices examples from other cities)

* MNN (this is a relatively new site that is doing a bang-up job)

* ENN (a great constantly-updated environmental news site)

* Kudzu's Green Guide (quick, helpful tips, and gosh, do you recognize the writing style?!)

* Dunwoody Sustainability Brochure (everything that Debbie Smith designs just looks so inviting to me. Well, guess what? You're invited into this conversation!)

* New Life Journal (I have a monthly column in there. Plus, this publication does a particularly great job with green building information and other sustainability topics. And the editor-in-chief, Maggie Cramer, could not be nicer.)

* Southface (Don't miss the monthly Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable meeting. It's the best in town.)

* Southeast Green (a growing resource about what green things are happening in our region)

* Dunwoody Sustainability social networking site (this thing is growing daily and people who didn't know each other previously are connecting from all around Dunwoody--get involved!)