Monday, March 13, 2006

A Drop in the Bucket is Still Water, I Suppose

This is interesting:

John Ivanko uses wind power, solar power, and a wood stove to meet the energy needs at his bed-and-breakfast, Inn Serendipity. He serves food from his organic garden and composts the leftovers. Even the bath tiles at the inn were chosen with the environment in mind -- they were produced from recycled windshield glass.

It seems to me that the value in things like this is not the quantitative "difference" it makes environmentally, but 1) the impact it has on raising awareness, and 2) the first nudges toward starting a trend. I find myself wanting to visit, in no small part because the thought of those organic strawberries in the pancakes is making me hungry.

Read the whole thing.