Happy to be the Ethical Consumption Blogger

(Me and my youngest brother, Wes!)

Hello!

I am happy to have joined the Justmeans Crew as the Ethical Consumption Editorial. I think it's so inspiring to see just how many people and companies from around the world have come together to do good things. It sometimes feels that everyone is kind of stuck in their own little bubble, busily involved in their own tasks, worries, jobs, and everything else that needs to get done in the day, and so entrapped in the immediate troubles at hand that they sometimes forget they are a part of a much bigger picture. I'm as guilty as the next person when the bills are piling up, dinner needs to be bought, and chores to be done! But, we are each just a small piece making up a whole, each still holding the potential to have a huge effect. The chances of that vastly improve when joined with others, and the Justmeans platform is an example of just that!

Okay, well, I'll step off my little soap box for now and get to actual introductions. I'm a freelance writer and artist living in Portland, Oregon and I absolutely love to run. Long distances that is, I don't have a single fast twitch muscle fiber in my body, but it's a great outlet and some may say I'm a bit obsessed, but I'm okay with that. I grew up in Sacramento, California, and no, I don't surf. Anyone who's been to Sacramento, knows it isn't on the coast, I didn't have a celebrity living next door, and I also didn't regularly go out to sushi with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I've got three amazing sibling, all younger as I was the designated babysitter, who continue to amaze me everyday. I moved up to Oregon in 2004 and fell in love with this rainy state! Another thing that was new to me as I left behind those smoggy 110 degree summers of Sacramento for this new overall 'green' attitude that most every Oregonian had. I remember getting laser-sharp glares when I accidentally put my tuna can in the garbage *gasp* instead of the correct recycling bin. As far as I knew, it was only those soda cans that you turned into the recyclers to get a penny or two!

But I learned and amended my ways, and now I too sort my plastics from my papers, my milk cartons from the glass bottles. I'm still always learning new ways to improve my own habits and that's another thing that draws me to the Justmeans community. Everyone has something to share with others, everyone has something to be learned. I'm excited to be a part of this, and to hopefully contribute along with you in inspire us all to improve our immediate surroundings, our countries, and the world. Leave a comment, say hello, introduce yourself, offer some pennies for your thoughts, or what you hope to achieve...or anything else you may have on your mind!