More people (primarily women) are feeling guiltier this year than they were last about their not-so-carbon-neutral habits. So says the second annual green guilt survey commissioned by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation, a nonprofit that wants you to recycle batteries. But guilt aside, more Americans said they're stepping up their actions to make their lives more environmentally friendly. For instance, more people this year said they recycled cell phones and batteries: 41 percent said they recycled phones and 37 percent recycled rechargeable batteries, versus 31 percent and 29 percent last year. And 89 percent said they recycled something. Last year, the number was 87 percent.

— USA Today

SUMMER NIGHTS

BON DANCE SEASON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER

The Advertiser will publish its annual bon dance calendar in June.

If your religious or community organization is planning an obon observance, we'd like to hear from you by May 30. Please include the time, date, location, events planned and phone number.

Send your bon dance announcements to: Bon Dance Calendar, Island Life, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Bon Dance Calendar" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.

— Advertiser Staff

FINAL WORD

"You are sore in ways you didn't know you could be sore, and in places you didn't know you could be sore."

Bryan Clay | Olympic trainee and former Hawai'i boy, in Vogue