Earth Day, Smurf Day!

It has been wonderful to watch this day of awareness grow and evolve. Here in Portland the weather is cooling today, but still gorgeous as Oregonians celebrate being the greenest state in the country...both environmentally and colorfully :) Today especially I keep Thomas Friedman's words in my mind that so far Americans are only having a Green Party, that to have a Green Revolution we would need to be in a lot more pain and act more purposefully. So today when the work day is done, I will sit on my deck over looking the forest and decide what I can do to bump up my daily efforts.

I have one big question that haunts me that I have been trying to resolve:

I own a Jeep SUV, not the most environmentally friendly car. However, dumping it on the used car market does not do away with its impact on the environment, nor does buying another car that uses even a drop of gas. Our car companies have had 50 years to get other options out to us and now they are crying bankruptcy and I am still stuck with fossil fuel consumption as my only choice. Radical transportation is what this consumer is looking for. IS ANYONE LISTENING? In the mean time I can only drive less and carpool. Ideas? This is one brain-storming session around the table I would like to attend! In the meantime I will fantasize that the little blue men will make it all better.

~ Come Gather Around The Table!