In this day and age, eco-friendly and global warming are very quickly becoming household terms. With that, many people will find The Conscious Earth blog very interesting particularly if they are inclined to swing politically on the matter. On this blog you will find earth-centered news for the health of air, water, habitat, and the fight against global warming. The author of this blog is 32 year old Odiyya who hails from Vancouver, British Columbia. You can read about his passion and prepare to be inspired through his most recent bloggeries: Canada faces lawsuit over Kyoto Failure; Canada to accept nuclear waste; Whale dies from ‘Old Age’; Leaders to agree to aspire to stop global warming; Think Tank calls for an end to Green Taxes; A victory over Iceland Whaling; Western States, BC and Manitoba join in Climate Goal; Think CO2 is ‘Just Plant Food� Think Again.; The 11th Hour Opens Tomorrow; and Airplanes Automobiles and Emissions.
You will find navigation on this page very simple. Posts are right marginalized and there is a left navigation system. Posts are black text on a white background using a politically themed header from blogspot. Each post contains either a relevant picture or video to accompany it, giving the content an even greater appeal than it already has. In the left navigation system you will find the About page, a feed burner that currently holds 336 readers, Top Posts menu, Email Subscription link, Advertising Butons such as ‘Click for the Forest’ or ‘Vote for Me’, a list of great sites including ‘Inconvenient Truth’ and Real Climate, a Must Reads menu, Archives going back to May 2006, Headlines from the Blogosphere where related blogs can add their feed, Blogroll titled ‘Earth Conscious Friends’, and a series of Blog Buttons for science blogs and Top Science Blogs. I do note that there are labels on each post, but there is currently no Categories Menu associated with the blog.
I will go with a 3.5/5 for this blog and note that it is probably the activity hurting the score for the blog the most right now. Posts are currently ranging every couple of days to weekly and I think more frequent updating would make this already popular blog even more so. These posts score well for content as they all contain excellent quality writing that speaks to the readership in a moving, inspiring way. I would also recommend that the blogger maximize his About Page to connect with the readers a little bit more. I also think a Categories Menu would benefit this blog’s navigation, as this blog is such a unique niche with so many elements that Categories would organize the concept as a whole that much better. However the blog is doing very well judging by its active and full feedburner and regular comments. With this I might suggest the blogger consider monetizing the blog a little with some advertising or AdSense as I would guess he would do very well with it. Overall however I think the blog is doing very well and is available to the readership and public at a very timely season and given this, it will more than likely see continued success.
-Chrissie