well, i recycle and use public transport...but my carbon foot print maybe a big foot since i fly a lot..long distances...so one cancels out the other...

humm, maybe air carriers who fly one-quarter empty should be levied extra fly over taxation since the output per flight is the same empty or full.

This nation should have long ago upgraded its electrical/powergrid infrastructure and in turn developed a high speed rail system such that all these packages flying around in the sky via ups, fedex, dhl, etc. would be trammed via electric rails instead.. But petro and lobbyist and laziness makes for environment degradation for future generations... since all of these petro carriers business models never conceived of oil prices over $85.00 per barrel. Net effect, staff layoffs to balance the inflated fuel costs in the budget. Imagine LA to NY via rail over night? Imagine how many meaningful steady jobs such a nation rail system would have for a host of folks whether rural or urban across the nation. Ask anybody who knows a Pullman porter to hip you to the story. Too simple, too right and too smart; therefore, not viable for the capitalists since their quest is for equity for a 'select" few. If one can do London to Paris in under three hours via rail, what really is the problem here?

Sent by K Mjumbe | 2:40 AM ET | 04-23-2008

Going green to me means the sacred Herb is legalized so we can get less expensive hemp products on the market; and folks would not be going to jail. Plus, those of us who choose can have more stress free creative sessions as we chill out with our music genre of choice.

Okay, i threw the last sentence in there to be cute; but really, there are so many things the hemp plant minus the get-high bud can produce, it's truly amazing.
If smoke was not so bad for the bronchial passage and lungs, i would be celebrating by ritually rolling and lighting up a joint right now.

Sent by audiodramatist | 4:56 AM ET | 04-23-2008

I recycle everything. I compost. I carry my own bags to the grocery store (most of the time. I turn off utilities when not in use and I unplug electronics and non-essential appliances when not in use. I purchased the most fuel efficient car I could afford - but it isn't a hybrid.
And I'm a light meat eater.
Still need to do more, but cost is an issue. That's why I don't purchase organic produce.

But I do encourage (read harass) everyone around me to do a little something like at least recycle and not run water needlessly.

Greem but still working on it.

Sent by The Urban Scientist | 5:48 PM ET | 04-26-2008