Your Carbon Diet

Slate.com's Green Challenge was meant to encompass the weeks leading up to the new year- but I just found it last week, so what can you do? I was pleased to find out that I generate less than half the carbon emissions of your average American. I credit this mainly to a few large factors- I am a vegetarian, I drive a fuel efficient car, I don't drive much these days, and I am a fairly avid recycler.

I encourage everyone to take this- it is an enlightening experience. You may think you're already pretty environmentally-friendly, then find out you actually have a lot of work to do. Besides just figuring out how much damage you're doing, they also give suggestions of ways to reduce your emissions.