I'm still typing from flat on my back, which continues to lead to fewer posts and shorter posts. But I came across a list of 50 ways to help the planet, and thought it could help just about anyone do one more thing. That's my request/suggestion: No matter how many of these you do, how 'bout taking on one more?

If you're even just barely paying attention to green topics these days, you have at least heard about LEED, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. But I'd wager you haven't yet heard about Regreen, which was unveiled only last month. You could think of Regreen as "LEED for home renovations and design," if not for several big reasons that you can't.

So now the three days of Down:2:Earth are done, and I've got plenty to share — more than I think I will have the bandwidth for. It wasn't as bad as the information bulge that resulted from BE'08, which I'm still trying to work through, but then again, d2e wasn't nearly as monumental. Nevertheless, it is a credit to the show that there is more to report on than there is time to report on.

It's a snippet from the Tom Waits song, "Ol' 55," and for the second time inside a year, it comes to mind to as a means to express. Yesterday, I finally did something. For way too long, I thought about acting in defense of the planet, and perhaps would engage people in conversation about it — and even then, "hectoring" them would too often have been a better description — but my actions lagged far behind.

Long time readers will recall a post headlined "Tent blogging" from my trip this summer, when of course I couldn't post without signal, but I could write in a tent, and hey, what a world, y'know? So now I'm convention center blogging, at Down 2 Earth, the consumer-focused green living show this weekend in Boston. And here, they have signal, and I can post immediately.

So how does it feel from your side of the transaction. So far, I mean?

It would be pretty laughable if the folks behind this weekend’s Down 2 Earth consumer expo were driving Hummers to and from the show, leaving the lights on all night and the heat on all day at their palatial Boylston Street suites. But no, organizers say they’ve tried to practice what they’re presenting tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday at the Hynes Convention Center. Here’s some of what they’re doing:

I believe I got this from the MLEV, the Mass. League of Environmental Voters, prior to the BE'08 opening session Tuesday night. And yes, I'm partly showing off, 'cause G and I scored very well, if you know what I mean, though I don't take enough public trans., and we could buy more local foods and make it more of a priority. I would ask anyone reading to pick one out as a goal, regardless of how many you get:

How green are you? 

1. Do you use pesticides on the lawn? 2. Do you take your own reuseable bag to the grocery store?

Georgie has been steadily promoting the concept of our moving to western Mass., for a less expensive, potentially less hectic existence that would also put us in the same neighborhood with Doug, her attractive-in-every-way brother, and his family.

I see the potential advantages, and Doug, Val, and the girls are right at the top of the list, but one of the other attractions for me was the opportunity to build our own house, which would incorporate every possible (read: affordable) efficient/renewable strategy.

It would be pretty laughable if the folks behind this weekend’s Down 2 Earth consumer expo were driving Hummers to and from the show, leaving the lights on all night and the heat on all day at their palatial Boylston Street suites. But no, organizers say they’ve tried to practice what they’re presenting tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday at the Hynes Convention Center. Here’s some of what they’re doing:

Via Green Building Elements, I got to read this post by Dr Buzz0 (not "bozo," though close) at depletedcranium.com in which he addresses the top 10 things environmentalists need to understand. In his about-the-author section, he says he's very active in the skeptic and debunking community, which gives context for his post.