The Give and Take Tree

I always thought the tree in Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree got a bum deal. Did that little kid ever even say "thank you"? Then again, at least he asked.

Earth Daze

Earth Day is here, and I'm proud to say that it's the first holiday since Christmas that contrasts the popular Who-ville morel of "Stop being such greedy little wenches!" with the unrestrained capitalism of "Hey! buy our product! It's green now!"

I should point out that all the numbers in this comic are as accurate and up-to-date as I could find. Most of them came from 2003 to around 2006. There are no statistics on how much trash the entire world throws away each year, so I used estimates based on America's output. What staggered me was that we produce more air pollution than we do physical waste--by weight! Do you have any idea how much a ton of CO2 is? Holy crap!

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day. Live it all year round.

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Now polar bears are endangered. So waht are we going to do about it?

A renewable energy source

This is so bloody obvious, it's not even fair.

Earth Hour '08

Earth Hour is largely symbolic, I will admit, but it's kind of sad how many people are not willing to go without their electronics for a mere 60 minutes.