I spent all day preparing and planting the garden, turning and spreading compost, and fretting over heirloom tomato plants. I came inside, sloughed the dirt off my hands into the keyboard, and watched this:
1) This is shit we ought to be taking seriously, and not just because of your heart pangs of liberal guilt. And folks, it’s easy. Drive less, walk more, it’s good for you. Make a compost pile, it’s fun for the kids. When you make your will, pass on burial and get cremated. Plant a garden. Use public transportation. Ride a bike. Turn off the AC and open your windows. I do all these things and wouldn’t even dare to call myself an environmentalist — I call it responsible. And because I’m one of those assholes with an SUV with a long commute that I can’t avoid, I consider it a moral imperative to do what is within my power.
2) Politicians need to leave “expert” opinion alone — especially that which turns one into a fucking zombie, although sometimes zombies are cool — and go with their passions. Nonetheless, don’t consider this an endorsement of Gore and/or Democrats. I’m just as disgusted with them — in part for ignoring environmental issues, among others — as anyone else.
For more on the movie and the science behind it, visit the website. Don’t bother making the pledge to see the movie in order to “make a difference” by sitting on your ass in the movie theater — ads ruin everything, I swear.
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