Thomas Kostigen is a journalist and author who writes about the environment, public policy and business (he writes the "Ethics Monitor" column for Dow Jones MarketWatch, a sisyphean task in itself).

He has a great column on the Huffington Post today arguing that green politics can, and must, bubble up from the local level.

The Green Book, which he co-authored, went on sale yesterday. It's a handbook of sorts for the environmentally-friendly lifestyle, with tips from Dale Earnhardt Jr., Will Farrell and Justin Timberlake. Not kidding.

Oprah picked it up but we thought it could use an extra bump.