Unfortunately, I was super busy at work and totally did not give Earth Day it's proper due on the 22nd, so I am making up for it now by posting some fun Green-related news.
1) Bolivia proposes an Earth's Bill of Rights to be enacted by the UN. I'm all for this. Considering the planet is our home and we literally (in the literal sense of the term) cannot live without it, it only seems right that we give it the same rights (really shouldn't we give it better rights?) than us measly humans.
2) Radical recycling or "urban mining" is the hip new way to save e-waste from tainting all of our precious resources and keep e-waste recyclers (and the rest of us) in the green.
3) Address the Mess has some great ways you can help out for Earth Day not on Earth Day! This is perfect for us, seeing as it is not Earth Day again until 2012.
4) Kiva introduced Green Loans! How great is that? Now you can help entrepreneurs and the planet! (Ok, so they're all filled up right now, but be patient and I'm sure there'll be more ones soon)
Not inspired to help out yet? Well, the Earth isn't excited about kicking you off the planet, either, but she's totally going to do it if you don't suck it up and do your part.
And don't you dare say that CFL's take too long to light all the way up - a) they give your eyes time to adjust and b) it's not too huge of a difference.
[Bill of Rights article from Canada, the publication, not the country - or maybe both? I'm not sure, I hadn't heard about it until today either - the publication, not the country]
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