Why Bother? by Michael Pollan

I recommend anything by Michael Pollan, and here's a recent article from the NY Times Mag's Green issue:

Michael Pollan's "Why Bother?" makes the case for gardening, arguing that: "Measured against the Problem We Face, planting a garden sounds pretty benign, I know, but in fact it’s one of the most powerful things an individual can do — to reduce your carbon footprint, sure, but more important, to reduce your sense of dependence and dividedness: to change the cheap-energy mind."

... makes my husband's wacky idea of raising chickens in the city seem like a great idea... (almost?)