My Low-Carbon Diet
You've heard of the low-carb diet. How about the low-carbon diet? That's the regimen writer Seth Zuckerman undertook for the most recent issue of Sierra magazine. After indulging in typical American carbon gluttony for a week -- taking needless trips in the SUV, washing clothes in hot water, leaving the lights on, etc. -- Zuckerman got serious, eventually tightening his belt to a ration of ten pounds of carbon emissions per day -- the amount scientists reckon the Earth can actually absorb. Find out what it takes to "do right by the planet." And after you've read Zuckerman's article, share your thoughts and insights in an online discussion with Sierra readers and editors.

California Out in Front on Climate Challenge
Last month, the California legislature passed the most sweeping global warming measure in the nation. Assembly Bill 32, which was shepherded to the governor's desk by Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez and Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, calls for a 25 percent reduction in the state's global warming emissions by 2020. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill on the last day of August and the move was widely hailed as a major step forward in meeting the challenge of climate change. Of course, no single state can solve global warming, and leadership is still sorely lacking where it counts most -- in Washington. Still, as other states move to adopt similarly ambitious regulations, change is occurring from the bottom up.

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