"Green Guilt," an article in the Chronicle Review by Stephen T. Asma, offers a nice follow-up to my earlier examinations of my own travel-induced carbon anxiety.

Via Idea of the Day.

...Also, on that same topic, it occurred to me that I should share this quote by my favorite author, Edward Abbey (emphasis is mine):

"One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a
reluctant enthusiast... a part time crusader, a half-hearted
fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure
and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more
important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still there. So get
out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the
forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains. Run the rivers, breathe deep
of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the
precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves,
keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to your body, the
body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet
victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a
safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you
this: you will outlive the bastards."

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