EARTH DAY: Eco Trip on organic Chocolate

ECO TRIP: THE REAL COST OF LIVING

ECO TRIP is an eight-part original series exploring the origins and environ-mental impact of common everyday products.

Hosted by eco-adventurer David de Rothschild. ECO TRIP investigates iconic items from cotton t-shirts and paper napkins to salmon and cell phones.

It follows their lifecycle from production to disposal, revealing the environmental, social, and health effects along the way (Salon.com).

• Making organic chocolate

Celebrating "Earth Hour"; Mourning Tibet

A celebration that culminates in Los Angeles has begun today. Sydney is already celebrating. Participation is easy -- lights out all over the city. The deva Gaia must certainly notice the recognition of global warming and the willingness to do something about it.

• First major city to mark Earth Hour 2009 (AP)
• SLIDESHOW: Earth Hour
• VIDEO: World cities begin big switch-off (BBC)

Meanwhile, with an enormous propaganda campaign celebrat-ing "Serf's Emancipation Day," the totalitarian state of the People's Republic of China is marking a minor holocaust.

• China marks 50 years of direct control over Tibet (AP)
• SLIDESHOW: Tibet
• VIDEO: China marks 50 years of Tibet rule (AP)
• VIDEO: AP Top Stories (AP)