happy earth day.

Wow — Earth Day's profile has never been higher than it seems to be this year. Every time I turn around, it's Save This, Reduce Reuse Recycle That, Change a Light Bulb, Change the Climate, Change the World. Heck, even HSN dedicated much of its programming today to environmental-type items (so much for reducing ... ).

To all of which I ever-so-eloquently respond, WOO HOO!!

Preserving our planet is serious business, folks, without a doubt — there's plenty of doom and gloom to go around (melting icecap, anyone?). But there's also plenty of hope tucked in among the nooks of global warming and the crannies of carbon footprints.

Here's one of the best Earth Day pieces I came across while perusing my favorite green sites today — I like it because of its positive-reinforcement approach: Yahoo! Green's "We've Come a Long Way, Baby" outlines the top five signs we're doing something right, as well as the top five things we've got to keep working on.

And here, for your browsing pleasure, are my top five favorite green sites:

• Yahoo! Green (chock full o' enviro news & info)
• Method (household cleaners & personal care)
• Origins (skin care & cosmetics)
• Zen Habits (all about the simplify, simplify)
• iGo Green (iVillage's enviro section w/good info, great blogs)

Have you got an environmentally friendly website to share? Please do!

And here's wishing you and yours a happy earth day, with the wish that our earth sees happier days — sooner rather than later.