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With a wide range of businesses focused on reducing their carbon footprint through alternative energy consumption and carbon offsets, it's now possible to curb climate change by renting DVDs, booking vacations and buying books from socially responsible vendors. Read on for our shortlist!

From Gigantic! Productions: “Are you about to embark on the adventure of moving to an off-the-grid community or home? Are you worried about America’s massive energy consumption and looking for a way out?

Two things make me despair - the unthinking consumerism of many young people, and the hempen earnestness of the green movement. But fortunately there are some people out there who are doing a pretty good job of communicating the green message to the iPod generation. Maybe they can persuade some of the old green crusties to stop being so sanctimonious and dull as well.