happy earth day!

i want to direct you to two links. one is a short feel-good video by fred krupp of the environmental defense fund, the only environmental organization that i let send me email. EDF does good work, and they are very practical. they're the folks who listed the produce to always buy organic--apples, spinach, strawberries, etc.--and what produce isn't much affected by synthetic fertilizers and toxic pesticides.

http://environmentaldefenseblogs.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/

the other is a link to an article by michael pollan, who wrote "the omnivore's dilemma." he occasionally writes in-depth articles for the New York Times about food, the environment, and lifestyle, and he is always worth reading because he's thoughtful and articulate and solution-oriented.

this article is about what you can do in your life to help the environment at a time when global warming is happening much faster than expected (the rate of the melting of the Arctic ice cap), and we have just a few years to act--if it's not too late already--to prevent unanticipated disasters.

it's one of the most-emailed articles from sunday's Times. click the title of this post to read it.