Reporting on a survey report. It is important in that it helps Americans understand where they fit in as consumers compared to others around the world. However, there's not much additional information presented by the reporter.

This report provides a snapshot of US consumer habits as reported in the just released Greendex survey conducted by National Geographic Society. It provides a link to allow the reader to take an abbreviated version of the study to see how they score.

The article deals with a topic that seems to be important and fashionable to talk about these days. However, other than mention the results of the survey, it does not give any meaningful information. In fact, the graphic on the left is all you need to see---you can pretty much ignore the text. Even from a cursory glance it is clear that the more industrialized nations are toward the bottom. This should have been raised in the survey and in the article.