Welcome to Compete to Conserve
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
As founder and CEO of Compete to Conserve, I’d like to welcome you to our new and improved beta site. We’re not quite done—like conservation efforts, there’s always room for improvement—but we hope you find our latest updates useful and fun.
We’ve made it easier to see when other Compete to Conserve members have posted and made it easier to connect with people in the community. We encourage you to try our improved features: follow interesting members to see what they’re up to, add a goal and post your thoughts or progress, and challenge others to do the same.
Make a Difference, Not a Statement
We believe that you don’t have to be an environmentalist or an expert to conserve resources. Compete to Conserve is designed so you can make small everyday changes that add up to create real impact.
In the fall of 2007, cofounder Tim Barkow and I hatched the idea for a nonpartisan online community that inspires changes in the way we consume natural resources. After countless hours of work and the addition of six more team members, we launched July 22, 2008.
Since then, all of us have made significant adjustments in our lives as a result of what we have learned from our community. We take a practical, realistic approach as leaders in our online community. We do not publicly endorse candidates, and if possible, we present “both sides” to an argument. We want to learn how much energy CFLs will save and how to clean them up if they accidentally break on the carpet at home. We struggle to understand the balance between the growth of the GDP in our nation and worldwide while still promoting conservation.
Jump Right In
We are very proud of what we have accomplished. Our community has grown, and we continue to emphasize our focus on people helping other people learn more and discover solutions to their consumer- and energy-related lives. We may argue about the impact, but few disagree that we create a lot of waste. So jump in and tell us what’s working for you and what’s not. To make things easy for you, here’s a link where you can provide some feedback. http://getsatisfaction.com/competetoconserve. We’re ready to make a difference, not a statement.
–Craig Garner
