The Greening of Gavin

2013 Green Lifestyle Awards

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As it is my birthday today, I am going to be a bit cheeky and ask Australian and New Zealand readers for a big favour, which is to nominate this blog in the 2013 Green Lifestyle Awards.  The award is run by Green Lifestyle Magazine (formerly G Magazine).  The category that I stand the best chance of getting a look in is the “Online – Eco info site“.  After all, I do provide lots and lots of information (for free), and am a service of sorts.  Plus if you count eBooks for sale, this blog is also a business (kind of)!

Click on the banner below to nominate.

Here’s the skinny;  The Green Lifestyle Awards are a great opportunity to wade through the greenwash to come up with a list of the very best in innovation and change in the green industry. We strive to recognise the people who are taking the positive and genuine step of working toward green becoming the norm.

Just by submitting a nomination you could WIN this Gazelle electric bike, valued at $2,999.

So, if you think that this blog/site provides a valuable service, please take the time to nominate it for entry in the Green Lifestyle Awards.  You could be lucky and win the cool electric bike.  I will even go for a ride with you on my old-school electric bike if you win!

By the way, don’t feel obliged to nominate just this blog.  There are so many other great green providers out there that could do with some nomination loving.

Thanks for your consideration!

Giveaway Winner!

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I must admit that I was a bit overwhelmed with all the TGOG loving that came my way during the competition.

So without further adieu, the winner is ….

Melinda

Thank you so much, send me an email and I will send you PDF or ePub versions of each book.

However, that’s not all folks.  As a big blog birthday treat, I am going to give every single person that left a comment a coupon for each book at a massive 75% off each!  That is all four eBooks for the price of one.  My gift to all 27 of you for such lovely comments.

You can choose to use it in the next 48 hours.  However, remember that the gift is for you alone, not for every man and their dog on your mailing list, please.

Just send me an email (listed in the sidebar) if you want to take up the offer, let me know which eBook you want, and I will send through the coupons which you will be able to redeem at Smashwords.com.  Full instructions will be in the email.

Additionally, thanks to everyone else who takes the time to read this blog, including the thousands of lurkers out there who rarely comment.  Your support means a lot to me.

Oh, and today I had a wonderful surprise.  A very cool tribute to this blog (and me).  Pop over to “hide OR seek” for a look see.  Here is to being Greener than Gavin. :-).  I love that saying.

Cheers to you, my readers, without whom, I would not try harder on this journey. xox

Celebrating One Million Page Views

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After 1180 posts over four years and seven months, the page view counter on The Greening Of Gavin just clicked over the 1,000,000 page view!

It feels great to have reached such a milestone so to celebrate, and as it is you, the reader that mainly drives me to document all the stuff I do and think about, I am offering the gift of a coupon for my first eBook, “The Greening Of Gavin – My First Year Of Living Sustainably”, to all of you.

This coupon lets you download the eBook from Smashwords only, for free, for the limited time of one day!

The coupon number is UX37Y.  It can be redeemed at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/175585.

Note; The free book offer is now closed.  However, as it was so popular, I have reduced the price down to $2.99, which is a savings of $1.00!

Just make sure you enter the coupon code before proceeding to the checkout, and it will let you download any available format.  All I ask in return is a book review either on the Smashwords page, or your own page if you like.

Now for a little nostalgia.  The top 10 ranking posts of all time are;

  1. Coffee Addiction
  2. Clay Oven First Layer
  3. Why I Choose A Sustainable Lifestyle
  4. Lather Up Folks!
  5. Home Made Camembert
  6. Quince Paste
  7. The Ultimate Clay Oven Video
  8. The Be Prepared Challenge
  9. My eBooks
  10. The Seven Stages Of Change

Some of my favourite series of posts have been;

The Suburban Series and The Great Kilowatt Challenge and a collaborative The Be Prepared Challenge.  All very enjoyable to write, and the feedback via comment was fantastic.

I really enjoyed producing all of the Greening of Gavin Podcasts, especially the interviews with other green bloggers.  I better get back into making a few more, as they are so much fun to make.

However my personal favourite was;

Yet The Band Played On….  mainly because it really struck a chord with me, and had a family connection.

This blog and I have received a fair bit of media attention, which has helped to spread the word about our family’s lifestyle, and has raised community awareness.  Plus I enjoy having a chat with anyone.

We have plenty more adventures to come, so please join me in this small celebration, and on the continuing journey documenting our adventures striving for a more sustainable lifestyle.

Yours in Sustainable Living,

Gavin Webber