for those who are concerned about the environment (like me!) vanity fair has assembled a
list of 50 things you can do to help save the planet. it is comprised of everything from old standbys like "drive less" and "buy recycled products" to the more exotic ideas of growing foliage on your roof and carbon footprint offsets. i calculated my own carbon footprint at the site they recommended,
climatecare.org and calculated my annual footprint at 4.74 tonnes CO2. as an offset i would pay 35.57 pounds towards their reforestation and alternative energy projects. you can also buy gifts of carbon offsets for friends, which is so much more meaningful than a fruitcake, come x-mas! or, perhaps, a wedding gifts registry instead of a bunch of consumer crap?