To the editor:
Did you see “Letterman” the other night, talking about lowering the four-story cap on the oil leak in the Gulf? Despite the incredibly depressing topic, I had to laugh, he really is too funny. And have you seen the thing on the news about everyone being able to put their cats/dogs/their own old hair to good use by sending to the Gulf region to help absorb the oil? I received a twitter about it last week from “Do Something.Com” and for the life of me couldn’t imagine what the deal was, who would want my old hairs again – and how was that going to help? Seriously? Well how about that. So since I’m still stewing and dwelling about dirty polar bears without ice to stand on, nurdles, and plastic burgs, I have just a few new websites for folks to check out if they’re interested. On www.climatecrisis.net you can actually go through a program where you can calculate your own carbon footprint (be it your business or your home or both). With only days until City Wide Yard Sale (do stop in and get your map if you haven’t yet) — under the guise of what’s old is new again (yes it is an intentional pun), the idea of “reduce, reuse and recycle” continues to have new website devotion, and you might want to look at www.epa.gov/msw/reduce !
While I know the Post Office has decreasing volume issues, and we personally are quite endeared to many of Caribou’s own Post Office folks, did you know you can sign up to not get “junk mail” (trees, paper, paper, paper) at www.newdream.org/junkmail? Yep. Save a tree as you read this newspaper.
Finally, it’s true, Al Gore on page 317 of “An Inconvenient Truth” talks about eating less meat to help your environment. This last suggestion has nothing whatsoever to do with my being a card carrying moderate PETA person: www.earthsave.org or www.epa.gov/methane. Take care, send your hair to The Gulf, and think Yard Sale!
Caribou
