A young man is urging people in the Tampa Bay area to go green.
The effort is called “Code Green Community,” and it was started by 27-year-old Eric Stewart in Pasco County.
Stewart looks the same as anyone else walking through his friend’s garden, but his passion for the green stuff below his feet is what makes him different.
“This is my future; this is all of our future," he said. "I think we need to work toward creating an economy (for) the long term instead of the short term."
That's what motivated him to create Code Green Community. It's primarily a website, CodeGreenCommunity.org, through which Stewart encourages people in the Tampa Bay area to get involved and tell their stories of how they’re going green.
It’s an effort to encourage others to better the environment.
“I really started to think about how I can care for other people and how I can care for the planet and how it could make abundance for all of us out of that," Stewart said.
Jim Kovaleski in New Port Richey inspired Stewart to create the initiative.
Kovaleski transformed his front and back yards into a garden, and now he grows his own food and sells food to others.
“Food kind of transcends everything," Kovaleski said. "We get these ideas that we go to work and get money to take care of our needs, but I’m seeing that land can actually provide for us like it does for every other species."
Stewart is also trying to raise money so he can buy equipment to create a documentary.
The movie will feature individuals and businesses in the Tampa Bay area who are already doing things to go green.