Ladies and gentlemen, the Ampolo Five:
1. Would you consider WWOOF-ing?
2. If so, what kind of farm would you want to work on? (animals, crops, etc.)
3. What country would you want to go to?
4. If you don’t want to take time to WWOOF, what would you like to take time to do?
5. True or False: Most people would be better off if they took a year between high school graduation and college to do something other than go to school.
Comments, PLEASE. Let’s start a discussion.
The Ampolo Five follows. Much less harmful than the Jackson 5. Please take a moment to answer these by clicking on the “comment” option below this post.
1. Do you use CFLs in your home?
2. If not, why not and what would it take to persuade you to use them?
3. If so, in which room(s) do you use them?
4. If so, what have you found to be the pros and cons of the CFL?
5. Any thoughts on an efficient way to dispose of used CFLs (which do have mercury)?
Usually this space is reserved for us to ask you questions, but this week we wanted to do something a bit different and answer the questions that many Ampolo viewers have been asking us: Where did the idea for a site about ideas come from? What are you trying to accomplish? What does Ampolo mean?
To address these and other questions, we are reprising our introductory episode. But make no mistake, we are not in fall re-runs. We just finished shooting several more episodes that will feature new product ideas, new book and movie ideas, new fundraising ideas, and interviews with heads of not for profit organizations and ordinary citizens who have ideas for making the community a better place.
We’re happy to say that many of the episodes you’ll see in the weeks to come were generated by viewers, who sent their ideas in the form of videos, drawings, or simple text. That, friends, is what Ampolo is all about: encouraging people to be creative and to share their ideas, large and small, with others who believe in the power of ideas to make life better or just plain more interesting.
We hope that to date our episodes have got you thinking, talking round the kitchen table, looking in the attic for that old story outline or product design you thought of years ago. We hope that some of you may even have seen an episode that you are currently taking and running with. And we hope that you will consider sending us ideas you may have.
We know that Ampolo is not the first to broadcast the benefits of reusing shopping bags and thus avoiding choosing paper or plastic each time you go to the store. Nevertheless, we felt it important to bring home the point.
We’d love for you to share your thoughts/comments on this subject. Here are five questions to get the discussion going:
1. Do you already reuse bags?
2. If not, why not?
3. If so, what’s your system and how do you remember to bring your reusable bags?
4. Would you be willing to support a ban of or tax on plastic bags?
5. Any other ideas you’d like to share about reusing bags (things individuals, stores, or municipalities can do) or shopping green in general?
