Vanessa on a hike up Tunnel Mountain, Banff, Canada

Image by Vanessa Farquharson

Lloyd Alter over at Treehugger has been following Vanessa Farquharson's website Green as a a thistle, where she has been writing about the challenge that she took on in March: " Each day, for an entire calendar year, doing one thing that betters the environment. The idea is that everything I do, I keep doing (so if I switch brands, it's a permanent switch; if I turn down my thermostat, I keep it down), so that by day 365, I'll be living as green a lifestyle as it gets." It started off easy but she is up to day 217 and notes on the blog that it isn't always so much fun. But it is an inspiration to the rest of us!

Read the rest of the Treehugger piece and do visit Vanessa's wonderful blog too! Then let's have YOUR stories, OneClimateers...