Saving the environment via the Internet

Published 5:00 pm Monday, April 23, 2007

Bainbridge has a new online hub for environmental information and activism.

“Green Voices” will collect and disseminate information via email to its members on various meetings, rallies and other events related to environmental preservation.

The email service’s founder, Kirsten Hytopoulos, hopes to reach follow islanders who may, like her, have busy schedules but are concerned about Bainbridge’s natural areas.

“The idea is to collect the voices of all of those islanders who are reeling from a constant bombardment of bad news,” she said. “Trees are going down and condos going up. There are questions about water availability, while density bonuses are undoing our Comprehensive Plan and Winslow Tomorrow is looming. And over and over again we hear that even where the laws are adequate, they are often not enforced.”

Green Voices is modeled after political Internet-based groups such as MoveOn.org and Care2Connect. Hytopoulos and other members will send out email-based action alerts through the group’s site. Participants can indicate if they will join in on a particular event.

Over 25 people have joined the new online discussion group, according to Hytopoulous.

To sign up, send an email to GreenVoicesBI@gmail.com New members will receive instructions on the easy registration process.