Slate’s Green Challenge

I somehow managed to miss week one of this, but am finally caught up on political news magazine Slate’s collaboration with Treehugger to produce the ‘Green Challenge’, an eight week Atkins carbon diet where participants pledge to reduce their Carbon footprint by following Oprah-easy advice from a series of columns.

Week two highlights the energy costs of heating and cooling your home. With fun facts like, “the gaps around the windows and doors in most houses let out the same amount of air, all told, as a 3-by-3-foot hole.” It is the kind of popcorn reading you can get into.