By Alastair Bland

On April 14, get ready participate in one of the thousands of events across the country that are planned with Step It Up 2007 -- a grassroots movement to convince Congress to reduce carbon emissions.

Another day, another neurosis about eating right and living a good life. Su Avasthi on why it ain't easy being green.

The sun, the breeze, the return of ice cream stands ... April is the worst month to be cooped up in the office. But instead of zoning out on gossip blogs and staring-out-the-window dreaming, put your spring-fever indolence to good use. Here are some valuable - and slightly alarming - online tools to calculate environmental impact statements for yourself, your office, your family.