While I’m enjoying some family time, you’re being treated to a guest blog from  Hally Franz in honor of Earth Day today and Arbor Day on the 26th. Even if you can’t get your trees on time for Arbor Day, you can still make this a great family event. Road trips and vacations have always …

I try to be environmentally aware and to act accordingly. (This does not, however, keep me from driving 30 minutes a couple of times a week to hang out at Panera. In fact, if someone really want to help the environment, they would open a Panera in Ephrata or Akron, so I wouldn’t use so much gas.)

One thing I have clung to, though,

We are watching the long version of Pride and Prejudice—the Colin Firth version, of course—and as I began to write this, Mrs. Bennett says this to Bingley,”When you have killed all your own birds, Mr. Bingley, I beg you will come here and shoot as many as you please.” We could adapt that line for …

I saw a full-page ad this week in TIME magazine that said, “Nurture Nature.” SunChips, which I happen to like, now makes its bags with plants so they’re 100% compostable. Ah, now it’s virtuous to eat chips. In fact, eating chips will help the planet. How can I not do it? There are a few …