Many of you have probably seen the recent reports that the planet is not faring so well against the onslaught of human development. I get pissed about this daily so I won't go on about it lest this rant become encyclopedic.

Instead I'd like to focus on our states contribution to global climate change.

Current regulations and policies do not seem to offer enough encouragement for businesses or individuals to change their behaviors so that they are minimizing their environmental impact. Lacking for reason to change, the initiative to incorporate green technologies are simply not there despite the economic benefits.

I've some solutions in mind involving factoring environmental costs into the total cost of ownership of a product, in essence shifting the costs of repairing the environment back to the consumer whose high demand for products that rape the environment is responsible. I've met with some resistance to this idea so I'm looking to you to help me out.

How do we hold companies and individuals accountable for their impact on the environment and in doing so, how do we turn accountability into actions capable of immediately neutralizing this impact?