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GreenerMiami is something I’ve been thinking about since the end of last year, slowly putting together my thoughts on the subject. Back in November, I wrote some potential posts for when I lauched the blog. I have delayed so much that the purpose/focus has changed and evolved, but I figure I should go ahead and publish what I had, and then go and update with new posts along the way. So here goes…!

Originally written Nov 1, 2005…

Welcome! GreenerMiami is my latest endeavor – and one I’m really excited about. Inspired by the fact that my condo building in Miami, Florida doesn’t recycle and the daily guilt and disgust that goes along with that, I’ve started this project. Wanting to make a difference locally, educate myself and others at the same time, and all the while document my experience has led me to create this new blog.

In posts to come I will lay out more details about who I am, what I’m about, and what I’m trying to do. Let me try to summarize it here: I hope to become a self-made expert on recycling, and trash in general. I want to learn & see for myself how recycling & waste management works. I want to learn benefits, risks, and problems. I want to get my building along with so many others in the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County to start recycling programs. I want to visit dumps/landfills/recycling centers. It would be awesome to do a ride-along with waste disposal people. I want to interview people in the waste & recycling industry. I want to interview the general public. I want to find ways to make it easier for people to do the right thing. And most of all, I want to know that one person – me – can make a difference.