Happy Earth Day

Here's a couple of quick pointers to Earth Day pieces at mediagirl:

• a photo essay, Earth Day Republican style
• A thought for the week

Update: Now more than ever had a good entry for Earth Day, a link to NASA's Visible Earth website, which shows some spectacular - and often disturbing - shots of earth from space. Travis injected some humor this way:

If you're feeling too chipper today, visit the site and browse the gallery of smog, deforestation, and urbanization. Viva la apocalypse.