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    • Going Green on Zazzle as well as Squidoo

    December 4th, 2009 by AJ

    It is taking awhile to bring all my “Going Green Ideas” together in a series of blogs, articles and lenses but I am finally making progress. This week I have been working on my new Zazzle store where I am continuing to develop my theme of Going Green Ideas.

    So far I have:

    The next item on my “To Do list” is to design an image that hopefully people will use to link to the posts on here any lenses or blogs that I feature and then I need to make more Green lenses. And I suppose I ought to make a Zazzle lens as well.

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    Looking for quality going green lenses on Squidoo

    November 19th, 2009 by AJ

    In October I was reappointed as a Squidoo Angel and the categories I watch over, were changed. I was really pleased to be given the Green Living category, as my family and I are very environmentally aware. Even my Lovely Hubby works as an Environmental Consultant advising on the environmental impact of building and buildings.

    However, I must admit that my pleasure at being one of the “Green Angels” has been tinged with disappointment. The Green Living Top 100 list is peppered with poor quality and spammy lenses, just like the rest of the categories on Squidoo.

    The Green Living category is full of lenses linked to e-books about solar energy panels and building your own windmill. Some of the Lenses are very good but there’s others where it is obvious that the Lensmasters have simply researched “hot topics” and “hot keywords” or they have been given them on the lists that get mailed out as freebies when you sign up to certain online marketers’ email lists. They have jumped on the eco-friendly bandwagon. Their lenses have nothing to do with promoting going green ideas but everything to do with an aspect of online marketing that I loathe.

    These lenses exist for the sole purpose of making sales – saving the planet is of secondary importance and the information on them is sparse and poor. Sales modules are OK, but in my view only if the lens still provides value if the sales modules are removed.

    So, I am on a quest. I am looking for those environmentally friendly lenses that are quality, full of great information and links to even more great information about how to go green. They are lenses that don’t make it into the Top 100 in Green Living because other Lensmasters are better at SEO and getting traffic, not necessarily because they have made a good lens.

    I am looking for environmentally aware lenses like these:

    Simple Steps to prevent water pollution

    Recycling sweaters into new accessories

    Fight toxic mold by going green

    Soapnuts – the natural and environmentally friendly cleaner

    Just leave the links in the comments box here. Not only will I visit the lenses but they may then be included in Featured Lenses Modules on future Going Green lenses.

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    Going green on SquidLog

    November 17th, 2009 by AJ

    This blog has been started as part of my commitment to support my friends Chef Keem and Squidster as they develop SquidLog for the benefit of the great community that is taking up residence on here.

    It has taken me awhile to get this blog going as over the past few months I have had quite a lot to be getting on with on Squidoo in addition to the regular articles I write for SquidLog. I have also been thinking about developing more niches.

    I have a variety of lenses on a variety of topics but one theme is starting to emerge as I find myself being naturally drawn towards finding green, eco-friendly and fairtrade alternatives to everyday purchases and the spending we do for holidays.

    Last December my lens Twelve Days of a Green and Ethical Christmas was made Lens of the Day and to date I have published 10 lenses with a green tinge to them.

    So it seems that this niche has evolved naturally and as it is a topic with which I am very comfortable, having been the Editor of Imperfectly Natural.com, it is about time I did more eco-friendly blogging and published more environmentally friendly lenses.

    This blog will complement another blog I have on Crabby’s Beach, also called Going Green Ideas.

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