You Want to See Resistance to Change?

Never in my life have I seen such mass resistance to change than this week, when I witnessed the citizens of Facebook raising their voices against what is being dubbed "The New Facebook". Yes, people, it has happened. Facebook got a facelift. And now its regular users are "furious" about it: spouting off in their status updates (which is now called "What's on your mind?"); creating and joining groups such as "WE WANT THE OLD FACEBOOK BACK" and "Save the old facebook!"; and developing applications to make your "New Facebook" appear like your old one.

I thought the Facebook generation was supposed to be open to change? In business, and especially in today's economy, both the company and its employees need to be flexible, adaptable, and innovative. We constantly need to consider ways to improve our performance, break bad habits, develop efficiencies and streamline processes.

Work brings challenges. It brings disruptions and roadblocks. Changes are going to happen; they need to happen. Those who adapt will succeed. Those who resist or fight, will get stuck on the sidelines.

What's Your Nitrogen Footprint?

Since Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth popularized the concept of one’s carbon footprint, people all over the world have been using web tools to calculate how much carbon they are emitting in their daily lives and to find ways to reduce their carbon waste. James Galloway, an environmental sciences professor at the University of Virginia recently authored an article in the journal Science about the real threat that reactive nitrogen pollution poses to our planet, particularly its bodies of water. While pure nitrogen alone is harmless, reactive nitrogen, found in chemical fertilizers and generated through the burning of some fossil fuels, and in larger quantities, can be harmful.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation(CBF), based in Annapolis, MD, has developed a Nitrogen Footprint Calculator to help us identify the effects many of our regular day-to-day activities have on our environment. The calculator asks questions about your home sewerage, electricity use, lawn care, and your transportation methods to deduct what impact you are having on reactive nitrogen pollution. It then generates suggestions for how you can reduce your footprint.

So figure out what your nitrogen footprint is and make some changes to protect our waters!

Here’s the link! http://www.cbf.org/yourbayfootprint/index.html