Honor Thy Mother

As Kermit the Frog sang, it’s not that easy being green, but as you may have noticed, it’s a lot easier being green now than ever before. And so on the day we celebrate our earthly mother, I urge you to not only follow those eco-minded tips we’re barraged with this time of year, but also to move beyond the rhetoric our politicians use when discussing environmental issues.

To those ends, here’s a hot tip to ensure you’re of greener mind than our elected officials: bookmark and read Grist – a web site “dishing out environmental news and commentary with a wry twist since 1999.” The on-line resource is a delicious mix – a granola, if you will – of self-deprecation (we’re called “sanctimonious tree-huggers”), wit, humor, and insight, which means that you’ll be able to laugh while crying from learning about the ways our Mother is being abused.