Last night I went to a free screening at Sundance Cinemas for “Big Ideas for a Small Planet,” a new series on the Sundance Channel (and also available via iTunes). They treated us all to free popcorn and drinks, and they brought in some folks for a Q&A afterwards who were involved in sustainable interior decorating and river clean-up (the major topics covered in the two episodes they screened). It was really nice. Just when I start feeling good, thinking the human race could be ready to turn the corner, I see these two items making the rounds in the twitterverse: Lower Back Tattoos Now Available at Toys R Us Part of the Problem In some ways, we’re heading backwards not forwards. Ugh. We’ve got a loooong ways to go.