The EPA can help you get greener

If you've made any attempt at all to go green at home then you've probably come across the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star site, an indispensible resource for anyone making smart shopping decisions for household appliances and learning how to use them the right way.

It's good to know there's at least one government agency that's really on the green bandwagon, even if some of its attempts fall flat. GreenDaily hates the EPA's new green site designed specifically for teens, calling it badly designed, "painfully boring," "unfinished," and "poorly thought out."

As for the games that kids can play at the site, they're "dull" and "good for a five-year old... but definitely not a teenager." Oh, well. Maybe you should show it to your teen anyway.

Still, the EPA is trying. Its site has a great climate change section that includes 30 steps you can take to live a greener life at home. Sure, we'd all like to see the government do better, but at least it's doing something, and for that I'm at least a little bit grateful.