Who is Involved

The movement to clean up the environment and to find new and innovative ways to create a sustainable lifestyle for future generations includes many participates from all walks of life. At its broadest, the movement includes professionals and large corporations, politicians, religious organizations, educational institutions, and committed individuals. With global climate change concerns becoming a significant social issue, people are more aware of how their daily choices affect the environment and are taking steps to get involved in solving environmental problems.

People
It wasn’t until recently that people began to seriously consider the impact of global warming and wonder what they could do to help protect the environment and repair some of the damage that has been done so far. People have since joined together and have started to make a conscious effort to make small changes that can have a large impact including cleaning the dryer lint filter every time, composting to reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill, using biodegradable plastic bags, and paying bills on line to eliminate unnecessary paper piles.

Businesses
An increased public awareness of environmental issues in the last three decades has prompted a drive for change by large scale institutions and businesses, prompting many industries to consider more environmentally sound ways of conducting business including using less paper, increasing their recycling efforts, using biodegradable plastics, and creating carpooling networks. These methods attempt to cut down on harm to the environment by following the three R's of reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Government
The government has finally decided to take the environment as a serious issue and has been taking steps to reconsider and readjust its policies, procedures, and prioritization of environmental matters. The voices of the people have sparked many changes in the recent past and will continue to play an important role in directing the government in new pro-environment directions.