About-Me
and Carbon Footprints

Welcome to my about-me
page, which is intended to
introduce myself to you
the visitor, and just give
you an idea why I am building
this site.

My name is Jane, and welcome to Carbon Footprint Defined.

If you have ever visited the Parry Sound Georgian-Bay area north of Toronto Ontario, you know already just how beautiful it is here. Hopefully, it will stay this way forever. If you are a faithful cottager in this lovely area, I'm sure you know what I mean.

As a resident, I'm working on cleaning up bad habits that can help correct my contribution to carbon footprints.

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My family and I have been fortunate to have been raised in this area all of our lives. No matter where some have chosen to settle, this area still is and will always be considered home.

With a family to look after, some very spoiled and needy pets plus a full-time job to go to, life has been rather busy.

I have though managed to also squeeze in some "it's all about-me" time (well, as much as I can get away with) over the last few years to take on a few other specific-interest projects of my own.

I very much enjoy researching Parry Sound family ancestry and am working on compiling it for the family.

I am enjoying learning about the ways of the web and site-building through SBI (Site Build It). This is actually my second site. You can visit me also at Savor The Rhubarb if you like.


In addition to interests I currently have, two things always stand out about "what I remember" when I was growing up as a teenager in the 70's.

I remember skating across Georgian-Bay early in the Winter, to get to a friends' house. Maybe I was just fearless or negligent then, not sure. I'm sure though my parents wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't safe. Nevertheless, we all did it, and it certainly seemed safe enough then.

People now don't want to venture out, myself included it seems, until much later in the season because the ice just isn't there like it used to be.

I used to enjoy watching a "good thunderstorm."

Not anymore. They are too violent, too close. They have changed in their intensity I think. We don't recall years ago being so concerned about other family members in Southern Ontario during a storm as we seem to be nowadays. We seem to make phonecalls now frequently after a storm to ask "everything alright?"

Things have changed, at least I am convinced they have, and it concerns me.

"We shall require a substantially new manner of
thinking, if mankind is to survive." - Albert Einstein

With so much emphasis on the reporting of problems stemming from global warming and the serious state of our landfills and natural surroundings, I realize I need to do better as a contributor to the solutions, and not the problem.


Call it too lazy, too busy, a case of ignorance or whatever you like. The point is, there really aren't any reasonable excuses for not making an effort to conserve, preserve and take a bit more care of our surroundings. It's not really about-me at all.

There certainly is room for improvement at my house and in the way we go about our daily activities. And, it all does begin at home by taking a little extra time and doing things in a common-sense manner.

This is an opportunity to learn a few a things, and perhaps share some good information as well.

(I would like to think that as I get older, I get wiser too)

So, enough about-me, what about YOU?

Maybe you can be inspired if you aren't sure where to begin when it comes to cleaning up bad habits no matter where you live.

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