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Eco-Worrier puts me in mind of Thurber’s grandmother who “lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house,” and went round placing electric plugs in empty sockets…
Laurie David is one of the American eco-movements stars. She co-produced An Inconvenient Truth, runs the influential website stopglobalwarming.org and has worked with dozens of pop stars to help plug the message. She recently toured with over-enthusiastic eco-evangelist Sheryl Crow, whose determination to spread the message resulted in her famous toilet paper “joke”. In the US, Laurie David is - next to Al Gore - the ecology movement’s number two figurehead.
This just in from The Onion is funny:
New Eco-Friendly Packaging Triggers Boom In Guilt-Free Littering
ROCKFORD, IL??€â€?Nick Sundin used to be neurotic about littering. The 37-year-old pediatrician admits he kept trash bags in his car, and would even pick up and throw away garbage he found on the street. Since boyhood, Sundin said, he was keenly attuned to the environmental degradation littering caused, an attitude triggered by the famous Keep America Beautiful “Crying Indian” public service announcement he saw on television as a young man.
Not anymore.
I’ve heard so many good things about this book I really should give it a read. If anyone really popularised environmental activism in America, it was Edward Abbey; he was cantankerous, misanthropic, but often very funny.
What are your favourite songs about the environment?
I can think of a few:
“Vampire Blues” by Neil Young… about our love of oil.
“Cuyahago” by R.E.M. - about the Cuyahago Indians of Ohio.
“The Earth Dies Screaming” by UB40… about, er, the earth dying.
“Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” by Marvin Gaye… see above.
“Never Turn Your Back On Planet Earth” by Sparks… ditto.
There is so much information coming at us now on how to save energy in the home. The Energy Saving Trust have a great site…
Today’s mood is lighthearted.
Q. How many ecologists does it take to change a lightbulb?…
