Looking for a way to transform your home into a green paradise? There are people and organizations out there who want to help you find your own unique way of joining the green revolution. Whether you have a fancy contractor or you want to do-it-yourself, you can find great information on many websites.

There are a few websites out there that can get you started. If the info contained in the websites themselves is not enough, then you can use these websites to help introduce you to the right people with the skills and knowledge to help you achieve your sustainability dreams and aims.

Transforming the world for many years, Buildinggreen.com [www.buildinggreen.com] has an extensive online catalog of green builders and green product suppliers. Since a name and contact information is often far too little get you started right, you can find many complete articles and how-to-guides on this website. One could spend countless hours browsing the information contained in just one section of this website, so green builders rejoice.

GreenHomeGuide [www.greenhomeguide.com] is website with many resources for building a green home, including a forum dedicated to getting you direct answers from green pros.

If you just want to get some green devices into your existing house, GreenHome.com [www.greenhome.com] provides an extensive and well documented list of fabulous green appliances and other products.

Spending less money and achieving the same standard of living while protecting the environment is a goal that rewards you for the hard work. Hopefully you are energized and want to start living a greener lifestyle.

Thanks again for joining us in THE GREEN BLOG and we hope you leave comments on this post if you have more info to share on the topic of Green Building.

Now you can collect the entire first season of BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET. Previously unavailable for purchase on DVD, Art Alliance America is helping to spread environmental information through this Sundance Channel original series. The DVD set will be officially available on Earthday, April 22. The Arts Alliance America website does accept pre-orders so you can insure your supply of environmental info now.

You can put your order [www.aaadvdstore.com] in now.

If you prefer iTunes video content, you can download the whole season from them and also check out season 2. Check it out [phobos.apple.com].

Whether you are working in the world of green business or you have just a passing interest the “Green Revolution,” make sure to experience BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET; the series rewards curious people with a wealth of information.

Check out the following clip from the DECORATE episode.

If you want to check out more clips from the show, check out the BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET page on THE GREEN website.

It is easy to feel like you are the only one who really cares about the state of the environment. The reality of the situation is that you are in good company. Many resourceful, intelligent, caring and morally guided individuals are a part of the rising green revolution. The upcoming election of 2008 will be a great time for the consolidated activities of this green revolution to make a big difference.

Before then, you are probably looking for some way to do something on the individual level to make the world more pollution-free.

There are two general things you can start thinking about right away.

1) Recycling and Reusing is Great For Mother Earth

You would be surprised at how many things can be recycled, and if things cannot be recycled, chances are it can be reused or donated to a charity that will find it a new home.

The greatest challenge with recycling is getting yourself off the couch and wrapping up the recycling items for transport to the recycling center. Once you have the will to recycle, the practice can become rhythmic and habitual. The easy part (only easy because you are reading this post) of recycling is finding the right recycling center that will gladly accept the items you lug over there. To facilitate this, check out this wonderful site called Earth 911 [earth911.org]. There is a certifiably awe-inspiring recycling center search box at the top of the screen. We highly recommend that you use this tool to find the right place for your recycling goods. You may want to call the business before you bring anything over; it’s important to make sure they can in fact recycle whatever it is you want them too.

2) Vote With Your Wallet [www.sundancechannel.com]

You can make a huge difference buying (or not buying) from specific companies. For obvious reasons, putting any specific materials in this section is challenging, big companies control all the big websites and advertising money insures complicity and silence. However, none of that should stop YOU from picking one company whose products you buy and investigating how they do business. If you find some things that disturb you, and double check that these things in question can be verified by multiple sources, then perhaps you should start researching another company that makes a competing product. It will be hard and challenging, but you can comfort yourself by knowing that the spirit of Rosa Parks will approve of all your hard work. In relationship recycling and reuse, wouldn’t you rather buy products from a company that makes it easy to return used products or that makes products which are reusable by nature.