Like everything else, it's not black and white. Articles like that are penned by people who are so frightened by the prospect that they might indeed be partially responsible for the state of the world after all that, by damn, they're giving up right now, and so should everybody else!

Just do your best. We're still learning, and so we're still making mistakes. I started with recycling, since my city has a good curbside program, and buying organic food now and then when I'm particularly flush. I still "sin" all the time (MOST of the time!) but it doesn't make me give up hope - a little is always better than nothing. The ultimate "solution" would be to create and disseminate a virus that would wipe Homo sapiens off the planet, and you'd have a hard time finding proponents for that (outside of PETA, anyway!)

Love, Columbine