move first sidebar to left

Go into sites/all/themes/responsive/templates and locate the 'page.tpl.php' file. Open it in an editor and locate the following:

  <?php if ($page['sidebar_first']): ?>

    <aside id="sidebar-first" role="complementary" class="sidebar five columns">

      <?php print render($page['sidebar_first']); ?>

    </aside>  <!-- /#sidebar-first -->

  <?php endif; ?>

Move that piece of php/html below the line:

<?php if($page['sidebar_first']) { $contentwid= "eleven"; } else { $contentwid= "sixteen"; } ?>

This should render the first sidebar on the left, or before, the content region.