The traditional way to celebrate Earth Day is to go the National Mall, trash it, and leave tons of litter, debris, and unspeakable filth behind for someone else to clean up.
Can't get to Washington this year, and they don't tolerate that sort of thing in TX the way they do in D.C., so I'll have to settle for something less . . . I think I'll model my behavior on America's - no, make that The World's - #1 Environmentalist, Algore, and see if I can do better than he can:
1. I'll use 1/10 the energy in my house that Algore uses in his house.
2. I'll reduce my environmental footprint by only having 1 home rather than the 4 that Algore has. (That's 4 that we know about.)
3. I'll drive around in ONE vehicle, a single SUV, without an entourage, rather than in a caravan, the way Algore does.
4. If I travel by air, it will be by fuel-efficient commercial aircraft, rather than a fuel-guzzling private jet, the way Algore does.
These are going to be hard sacrifices to make, but Algore's actions (rather than his mere words) have convinced me that saving Gaia is worth it.
