Following are some of the best Earth Day pieces I saw yesterday. Read up for ideas about how to stay green all year long…

Political Habitat: Notes from an Earth Day realist – this was my favorite Earth Day read yesterday. Very smart and sums up the issues nicely.

Grist rounded up what folks thought of their whole screw Earth Day event in; We screwed Earth Day—get over it. A great round up and hey, they even mention the post I did on the event – Screw Earth Day! which yes, is cool beans even when redirected to Glam.

Treehugger, of course, had some nice pieces up for Earth Day; among my faves…

• 11 Environmentalist Heroes: an Earth Day Tribute
• “Anything’s Possible”: A Video Interview with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
• Turning Earth Day into Every Day

Plan for 365 days of green this Earth Day – a full year’s calender of ways to stay green.

Love to your mother: Earth Day facts and figures – this cool piece looks at how this holiday is shaping up after 39 years worth of Earth Days.

So read up and see if you can find some green to love. You can also share your favorite Earth Day reads in the comments.

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Earth Day News & Green Living Tips

The ever opinionated Grist is running a campaign – Screw Earth Day, that pretty much shouts out my concerns about this one day a year event. I bet they didn’t like Earth Hour either (although, don’t quote me on that). But I digress. Each year I post about my Earth Day concerns, talk about my Earth Day concerns, and while some agree with me, others get a little huffy about it. It’s nice to know someone cool (Grist) is on my side.

Here’s what Grist has to say, (among other things), “One day is for amateurs… Screw Earth Day was born from mixed emotions about a day that we purists think doesn’t do enough to get the message across about what individuals can and should be doing to protect the environment. While even the most jaded Grist staffer gets a little excited on Earth Day, as lots and lots of people gather together in communities around the world to do something good for our dearly loved Mother Nature, in the back of our heads we’re thinking, “It’s not about a single day, dude, it’s about living green every day.””

Amen. TreeHugger responded to said campaign with their own green take, which I get, but don’t totally agree with because saying that Earth Day is not enough, is not particularly “Crapping all over Earth Day” – if anything I think Grist’s take is the greenest way to think and go.

Bonus, as part of the Screw Earth Day event, Grist is offering an exclusive free download of their award winning book, Wake Up and Smell the Planet just for registering for a free Grist account. This book, by the way is awesome – I highly recommend it.  Register at Grist and you’ll also be entered for a chance to win tickets and airfare for two to the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN June 11-14.

What’s your take? Do you think Earth Day is cool as beans, or are you more Grist flavored?

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Screw Earth Day!

With that in mind, Grist’s Katherine Wroth has done a great job of rounding up some eco-friendly favorites and testing them out on her family, well her sister’s family actually because there were more mouths there and they were a good group of subjects representing a mix of mainstream and green toothpaste tastes.

Katherine combined the results of the toothpaste tests with info from the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep cosmetics database, and voilah, a great resource for readers on the best eco-friendly brands including Dr. Ken’s, Tom’s of Maine, Kiss my Face and more.

Find the review at Grist.

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Grist Review: Eco-Friendly Toothpaste

Grist’s Sarah van Schagen and Katharine Wroth have a great write up of how cities up and down the Mississippi are Banking on Change from St. Paul to Baton Rouge. They’ve got the scoop on parks, greenways, venues and a great summary of the Mississippi’s influence in numbers like days it would take a raindrop to travel the length of the river – 90.

Banking On Change at Grist. And for Mississippi Delta insight, check out Gone with the Water: Louisiana’s Wetlands

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Mississippi Riverfront Cities Revitalize River Connection