{"id":4673,"date":"2009-07-12T12:54:04","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T18:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4673"},"modified":"2009-07-12T12:54:04","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T18:54:04","slug":"sustainablog-turns-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/sustainablog-turns-six\/","title":{"rendered":"sustainablog Turns Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sustainablog<\/a>Ever forget your wedding anniversary? Your spouse’s\/partner’s birthday?<\/strong> Perhaps forgetting the anniversary on which you started blogging isn’t quite the same, but after six years and thousands of posts, I felt like a total dolt when I realized today that July 10th (not today, the 12th) was sustainablog’s “birthday.”<\/p>\n

That’s right: six years (and two days) ago, I created a new Blogger account, and started wrestling with this concept of sustainability that I’d only recently discovered. There’ve been lots of twists and turns since then, but it’s really gratifying to look back and see the growth and development of my little blog in that time.<\/p>\n

While most of us associate birthdays\/anniversaries with gifts and celebrations, these dates are also the perfect time for expressing gratitude, and looking forward (as well as back). I owe many people thanks for their support, including<\/p>\n

The folks at Green Options:<\/strong> sustainablog’s always been a little unique in the GO network<\/a>: rather than narrowly focusing on a niche within the green world, we’ve always done a little bit of everything. That has its ups and down, and I’m grateful to my friends at GO (and new parent company Virgance<\/a>) for their patience with and support of our model.<\/p>\n

The green blogosphere:<\/strong> You can’t blog in a vacuum… or, at least, you can’t blog in a vacuum and expect to build much of an audience. From early on, sustainablog’s received a ton of support from both big and small players within the green online media space. Special hat tips to Grist<\/a> (one of the first big sites to link to us), Treehugger<\/a> (for the writing gig and frequent linkage), Worldchanging<\/a> (for frequent early linkage and some guest posting opportunities), Triplepundit<\/a>, HuffPo Green<\/a>, Green, Inc.<\/a>, Greenbiz<\/a>, Lighter Footstep<\/a>… I’m just getting started. Whether you’re listed or not, know that I appreciate your support.<\/p>\n

Many, many talented individuals:<\/strong> Over the years, many people have been very generous with their time, talents, advice, support, and friendship. I couldn’t possibly list them all, but I appreciate every single one of them.\u00a0 A few people who have been especially kind:<\/p>\n