The Cultured Girl

Al Gore’s new documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, is only in limited release, but it’s getting people talking about global warming again. Having just returned from Alaska (look for a Cultured Destination post soon) and experiencing melting glaciers and record-high temperatures firsthand, I was heartened to see a flood of media stories tackling the topic upon my return. Encouragingly, 83 percent of Americans now believe that climate change will be a huge problem if nothing is done about it. The problem, as expertly explained by Salon, is that our government isn’t structured in a way that’s conducive to doing anything about it. It’s easy to feel helpless, but here’s a list (also in Salon) of five simple things—very simple things—that you can do on a daily basis to fight global warming.