Speaking of local, Batavia resident Bill Kauffman wrote a great little piece over at Front Porch Republic. Excerpts:
Beyond its hometown of Nebraska City, Nebraska, Arbor Day has faded into obscurity; its historic date, April 22, will be given over this year to that dreary shower of corporate agit-prop known as Earth Day. The difference between Arbor Day and Earth Day is the difference between planting a tree in your backyard and e-mailing a machine-written plea for a global warming treaty to your UN representative. [...]
Earth Day has become a bloodless holiday for pallid urbanites, the sort of technology-dependent yuppies whose rare encounters with the unregulated outdoors usually end in paralyzing fears of Lyme disease. Earth Day is about as green as a $100 bill.
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I plan to celebrate Earth Day by turning on every light in the house, letting my car idle for long periods of time, throwing away lots of plastic wrappers, and spraying aerosol cans up toward the ozone layer. I also plan to get my church secretary something nice for Administrative Professionals’ Day.