Welcome!
Not too long ago I decided to start up a blog here at BentleyChristie.com, but I quickly realized that it wasn’t something I wanted to free up time to work on.
Recently I decided to resurrect the idea, but this time without the blog component (although I’m leaning towards setting one up soon). I’ve been wanting to create a central hub of sorts - a place people can come and learn a little more about me and what I am up to. Sadly, I still haven’t done much with it.
Of course part of me has strongly resisted the idea of creating a site like this at all - I’ve never been the type of person to ‘toot my own horn’ all that much and I certainly don’t want to come across as an ego-maniac. That being said, this is certainly not about bragging - it’s simply about helping to point people in the right direction. I have some pretty goofy listings under my name in the search engines. Certainly not Facebook blackmail fodder by any means, but still not what I want to show up as my first listing, especially given the fact that I’m supposed to be a web pro here!
It is beyond the scope of this site to provide people with a FULL run down of all the projects I’m involved in (or have been involved in), and it really serves no purpose in my opinion. I do however want to share some of the fun stuff I have on the go at the moment. When it comes down to it, these are the ones that are nearest and dearest to my heart anyway!
Compost Guy is essentially my flagship eco site. It is centered loosely around the topic of composting (no surprises there), but also will cover a wide variety of other subjects that I’m interested in. For the most part I will be sticking with the theme - ‘turning wastes into resources’ - but I will also certainly be getting into gardening and related themes as well. Waste management (organic waste management in particular) is a field I’ve been very interested in for quite some time, so this site will provide me with the opportunity to share that passion with the world!
Something I’ve been having a lot of fun with in particular is my Winter Composting Extravaganza - an attempt to keep an outdoor compost bin active all winter long!
Red Worm Composting is a site solely focused on my favourite hobby - vermicomposting (yes, I am in fact that cool!). Aside from always having had a fascination with contained ecosystems (aquariums, terrariums etc), I just love the idea of converting ‘waste’ materials into something incredibly useful. As I’ve witnessed firsthand, worm compost truly lives up to its nickname, “black gold” - a small handful of this stuff mixed in regular soil will do wonders for your plants.
I’m hopeful that by sharing my passion and enthusiasm for worm composting, I will help inspire others to get involved. Composting is great for your garden, it’s great for the environment, and it’s really a lot of fun. (honest!)
EcoSherpa is a website dedicated to encouraging people to start living in a more earth-friendly manner. I started it with my good friend Steve back in August of 2006. Our main goal has been to demonstrate that you don’t need to be an activist to start making a difference! We’re living proof of that - since starting the site, we’ve both been amazed by our own progress in terms of greening up our own lives.
Since both of us are quite busy with work, we’ve opted to take a “slow and steady” approach with EcoSherpa, making sure to add new content each week, but remaining fairly laid back as far as firm goals and objectives go. Both of us have been quite taken aback with the results - popularity of the site and website traffic have grown by leaps and bounds.
A little more about me…
