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Why is the survey in radio buttons? Can one not choose to visit the site for more than one reason? Reminds me of those bloody ethnicity surveys which assume that you are either white, hispanic, black or asian/pacific islander.

(Expounding on survey response)

I feel like I have the green theme well-in-hand, but it's easy to be green and not care much about what home looks and feels like. I want a warm, inviting, comfortable home that is as much a part of the earth as the forest that surrounds it, and that takes quite a bit of effort.

I come to green.apartmenttherapy for stylistic inspiration; breath-taking practical beauty without the froufrou nonsense that masquerades as content on so many other design sites. I would say that I find it 50% of the time.

I could see myself coming to At:Green for all the three first reasons on your poll.

I am in agreement with Lisa. In my own not so eloquent words what I am hoping to find at AT:Green is a way to take the earth into considering into my home with reasonable monetary and design sacrifices and if at all possible none at all.

I am more interested in earth friendly, building, materials, companies and products to help my home look beautiful than some artist who is scrapping together bits of old blue jeans and making an ugly couch out of it. I'm sure it's green but I would never put it in my home.

I also agree with Lissa. I'm more looking for my apt green ideas, examples and suggestions. The rest of the stuff I see on Treehugger anyway.

I'm a writer and a total dork and my pet peeve is movie lines attributed to the actor who spoke the line rather than the screenwriter who wrote the line. Cameron Crowe is the credited author on that one.

Which has nothing to do with the environment. Back to cruising for green tips...

I vote for the first three.

And where's the button for "I like to piss off all my friends by being self-righteously environmental"? Hehe.

Honestly, I mostly like hearing what other Green people are up to. I like Danny Seo for this reason - he shares his clever ideas and lifestyle choices that I can apply to my own life. This site does the same, to a certain extent.

I want to be Gravity's Rainbow when I grow up, that's how much I like that response.

It's become somewhat of a disappointment to end up visiting largely for the amusement of seeing what expensive plastic gadget is being touted as "green" today. I learn more from the (often critical) responses in the comments than from most of the postings, which makes me wonder if you've underestimated your readers' intelligence and existing knowledge.

I'd add that I also come here to be reminded that I'm not the only person who cares about living a greener life. I can draw on the knowledge of the online community when the people I see everyday are uninterested, or uninformed.

"It's become somewhat of a disappointment to end up visiting largely for the amusement of seeing what expensive plastic gadget is being touted as 'green' today."

Word. I can't speak for everyone, but I'm mostly interested in environmentalism as it intersects with thrift. I love giving a lot of TIME and EFFORT to being green, but not money (besides donating to environmental causes, of course).

And to elaborate on wende's other point, I think At-Green's core audience is pretty advanced. I, for one, come here to see content that goes way beyond the basic "reuse/reduce/recycle" message of other "beginner" environmental sites. We can see right through a lot of "green" products that are ugly/impractical/not actually very green - though like wende I do enjoy the discussion that those sorts of posts spawn.

What Wende and mmadden said. I'd like to see you guys be a little more skeptical in your approach to products instead of saying, "Hey, this is recycled/recyclable/made from a plant so it's awesome!" (this is my main complaint about most green blogs, really - anyone else remember when Treehugger tried to argue that Crocs were eco-friendly?)

"Other": I like to see what's on people's radars, both consumers and businesses. I like to see how mainstream environmental sensitivity is becoming and Apartment Therapy is one medium for that.