Imagine the changes we could see in the world if every person acted on their ideas. For Cisco businesswoman, Willa Black , acting on her idea led to over a million changes; a million acts of green to be exact.

When her workplace challenged Cisco employees to come up with an idea to bring the human network effect to life, Willa rose to the challenge, recognizing that major changes could come about by bringing together lots of people.

After examining her own life and daily habits, Willa contemplated the idea of power in numbers. She imagined changing simple acts in her daily life, such as turning off lights, washing clothes with cold water, carpooling, or planting a tree, and was excited by the potential reverberations if mimicked by a street, a city, and a country of others.

Acting on the principle of Corpoate Social Responsibility, Willa turned a marketing challenge into a green opportunity, resulting in over 4 million acts of green committed, and bringing about monumental change. Got an idea to change the world? Set your ideas into action !

"It’s powerful momentum around small acts that contribute to our environmental health. That’s the idea, it’s an act of green, it’s a million acts of green.” - Willa Black

Remember – in the battle to save the planet, act on your ideas. Share your story of how you're ideas into action by entering our contest, and you'll be eligible to win a prize, including being featured on TV as our next GreenHero!

TAKE ACTION

1. Set Ideas Into Action

• Green your workplaceand invite a David Suzuki Foundation ambassador to help bring your colleagues on board
• Start your own corporate greening initiative or office greening party (even though 10/10/10 is over!) and look for opportunities where, like Willa, you can put a green spin on a business initiative.
• Commit to corporate acts of green with your office

2. SOCIAL MEDIA

• Follow One Million Acts of Green on Twitter
• Become a fan of One Million Acts of Green on Facebook

3. SIGN ON

• Personally commit to one or more acts of green

• Leave a comment here and on Willa's webisode with your thoughts on how to act on your ideas!

4. SPREAD THE WORD

• Tell 10 friends that close to 4 million acts of green have already been committed, saving 444,042,024 kilograms of greenhouse gases (that's like taking 94,077 cars off the road for a year!)
• Share Willa Black's GreenHeroes webisode using our neat Sharelizer widget. You can post GreenHeroes.tv videos on your blog or website by simply following the directions on our site.