I’m reminded of Shepherd Book in the Firefly episode “Our Mrs. Reynolds” when he worries that Mal will take advantage of a seemingly defenseless and naive woman. Shepherd Book tells Mal, “If you take sexual advantage of her, you’re going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.” And before Book leaves the room he reminds him, “Special hell.”
I think one more faux pas can be added to the list of people who get special hell treatment: child molesters, people who talk at the theater, and now people with obnoxiously high ecological footprints.
I was reading my Google blog aggregator today and thought an article looked interesting: “Calculate your ecological footprint.” Seems easy enough.
So I click through their little quiz, all excited to see what I can do to become a better global citizen. But I’m rather bummed to see my results:
Yep, my eyes jumped to the all-caps judgment of doom: IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 6.8 PLANETS.
OMG. I’m going to eco-hell. That special level, apparently.
Now I’m off to find ways to soothe my eco-conscience and knock my eco-anxiety down a few notches. 
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