It’s easy to sit around and kvetch about the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster. It’s easy to feel outrage. It’s easy to criticize what is or is not being done to take care of the problem. But have you asked yourself what you’re doing to help or hurt the situation?

We’re deep drilling offshore to supply our oil habit, so to quote John Stewart: Are you using an SUV “to tow a boat you don’t have up a mountain you don’t live near?”

Or have you considered that, according to Maggie Koerth-Baker’s calculations on BoingBoing, we could completely eliminate our need for offshore oil by simply reducing our national daily gasoline consumption by 9%. (Which works out to oh….about 4.2 miles a day—as simple as planning your weekly errands a bit more wisely.)

Or have you considered prying yourself away from the internet for five minutes to write a letter, draft an email or call your congressperson to convey your outrage and concern to someone who is in a position to actually affect this country’s oil policy as we move forward and react to this tragic event? (Contact info for your senators here and for your representatives here.)

I’m just saying that actions speak louder than words and that I for one want my grandchildren to be able to enjoy seeing starfish and seahorses in their natural habitat and not just as the charms on today’s VPOD.

This multi-strand vintage necklace by Miriam Haskell is oh-so-lovely with its turquoise cabachons, pearls and danglers.

It’s a beautiful find (and a reminder to take action) for a vintage fashionista!

Available from House of Lavande.

(To receive the VPOD via email with detailed size, price and purchase information, sign up for my growing email mailing list here. Your information will never be sold or shared and you can easily unsubscribe at any time.)