Live the What?

Live the Change is our campaign to make the world a better place. Yes, really. We believe that a series of small steps really can add up to a big, global change. We want our families, our bodies, and our planet to be in balance, and we realize that all these things are actually connected. Think about energy conservation: replacing one light bulb saves you $60 and keeps a half-ton of carbon dioxide out of the air you breathe. That makes for a better planet, a better quality of life, and a little more headspace to think about better things.

Why Live the Change?

Because it's better than the alternative. Sure, there's a lot of information out there, sure, a lot of it is conflicting, but the truth is, doing something is absolutely better than standing by and waiting for someone else to act. We know that the miracle cure isn't coming (or even if it does, another will be right behind it, shouty and demanding to be recognition), so we're done with waiting. We're done with shouty. We're done with being overwhelmed into submission. Instead, we've taken Gandhi's dictum, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" and boiled it down into a simple plan to make a real difference in the span of a twenty-four-hour day (eight of which we'd like to spend sleeping--thank you very much).

We started making changes right here at LIME. Sharleen set out to avoid the landfill and found a better resting place for her printer. Therese put her money where her "intentions" were, and stocked Lime's offices with Fair Trade coffee and tea. Since then, we've all been taking a series of small steps. Phil is trying to green his house on a budget. Kim is making good on her promise to serve her infant daughter homemade organic baby food. CJ is fulfilling a personal commitment to become a yoga teacher. Hans is unflinchingly committed to drinking only organic beer. And this is just the beginning.

What Can You Do?

Join us. Start with the most basic choices in your life--the food you eat, the car you drive, the way you spend your free time. Then take a good hard look and decide where you can make a change. And, tell us your story on lime.com. Give us ideas. Read our updates. Tell us how we can do better (but don't get shouty about it). In other words, Live the Change with us.