As I mentioned yesterday, thegoodhuman.com is a great site to pick up some tips on how to help your wallet and the environment at the same time. I got so excited about the site that I decided to go straight to the source and speak with David, the founder and curator of sorts of thegoodhuman.com. The interview, after the jump.
Q: What was the primary purpose you had for starting this blog? Has that purpose changed over time, now that the blog has become full-time?

A: I started this blog at first just to diary my thoughts and motivations for becoming a “better human.” There are so many ways that we can all contribute to our existence here on Earth, and I found over time that mine was talking about environmentalism and sustainability issues with people who might only be just getting interested in “going green.” I wanted The Good Human to be a place where people could learn about these types of things without being made to feel guilty or like they were not doing enough. I didn’t really know how popular it would get or how much of my time it would take up. But it is certainly worth the effort knowing that thousands of people a day read the site!

Q: How are you able to effectively convey your message without sounding preachy or overbearing?

A: That is a difficult one - people don’t want to be made to fee bad for their actions - they want to learn how to do things better. There are enough websites out there that put everyone down for using plastic bags and what not. And while I certainly want to change minds about plastics and other subjects I talk about on my site, I realize that not everyone is at the same place in their life that I am. I try to keep that in mind when I am writing, that not everyone reads and studies this stuff on a daily basis.
Q: For the average person that can follow some, but not all, of the tips in your blog, how much do you suppose he/she can conserve in a year (both environmentally and economically)?

A: It is hard to put a number on different conservation methods, but I will use my mother-in-law as an example. Just the other day she told my wife that her electric bill went down substantially after changing all her bulbs to CFLs, and her water bill went down by $15 a month after getting a tiny little leak fixed. In the short term, it is the small things that will make the biggest difference in individual’s lives, but in the long term all of these little things will add up on a global scale if we all do our part.

Q: Do you find your message reaches a wider audience because your site is at the nexus of environmentalism and money-saving? That is to say, do you think that people who otherwise wouldn’t be interested in the environment end up being greener as a side effect of saving money?

A: I like to think that they go hand-in-hand, but I understand some people only care about the bottom line - their wallet. However, if other environment and sustainability websites and I do our job, we hope that we can make people think about both issues together to make even more change.

by going to David’s website and learning ways you can help the environment, and yourself.