Since, 1970, Earth day has
been reserved as a calendar day to dedicate to thinking about protecting the
planet, the environmental climate, global warming, clean air and drinking
water, using biodegradable goods and about the blue marble, for the good of
humanity.
It is a day to consider the
oil spill of 1969 in Santa Barbara, CA and Flint’s present day, unclean water.
Though we may not all be able to participate in the march for science in
Washington, D.C. or may not be able to add ourselves into the 500-mile human chain in
France, we can all put our hands into making a difference to this social safari
by thinking about Mother Earth more,
loving her just a little bit more and by reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Here
are some ways
you can celebrate Earth Day:
“Close your eyes and turn your
face into the wind. Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean
of exultation.” - Vera Nazarian
“Take a quiet walk with Mother
Nature. It will nurture your mind, body and soul” – Anthony Douglas Williams
Enjoy
the day! “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished –
Lao Tzu
Plant
some flowers or a tree. “Trees are the earth’s endless effort to
speak to the listening heaven” – Rabindranath Tagore
Sit
in the park and enjoy the beauty of nature’s scenery. “Look
deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better” – Albert Einstein
One
man’s garbage is another’s treasure. Donate your old clothes to a church or the
salvation army or, bring your old, no-longer beneficial to you, items to a swap
meet. "You can tell how high a society is by how much of
its garbage is recycled."
-- Dhyani Ywahoo
Instead of buying bottled water and throwing those plastic bottles in the trash, invest in a stainless steel tumbler and carry it around with you to keep refilling as needed.
Some
things
to consider on Earth Day:
“The earth laughs in flowers” –
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Earth provides enough to
satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed” – Mahatma Gandhi
“If you do not permit the earth to produce beauty
and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either” – Joseph Wood Krutch
“The tress are our lungs, the
rivers our circulation, the air our breath, and the earth our body” – Deepak Chopra
“The case for recycling is
strong. The bottom line is clear. Recycling requires a trivial amount of our
time. Recycling saves money and reduces pollution. Recycling creates more jobs
than landfilling or incineration. And a largely ignored but very important
consideration, recycling reduces our need to dump our garbage in someone else’s
backyard.” – David Morris
“For many of us, clean water is so plentiful
and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life
would be like without it.” – Marcus Samuelsson
“There's a lot to be said
about what's happening to our ocean, big companies polluting it with their oil
and all the raw garbage that's being spilled in there.” - Lloyd Bridges
“Nature is a numbers game. We need all the
support we can get as our immune systems and health are under assault from
pollution, stress, contaminated food and age-related diseases as our lifespans
increase.” - Paul Stamets
“Access by kids to the
Internet should be like kids breathing clean air.” - Nicholas Negroponte
“The earth is a fine place and worth fighting
for” – Ernest Hemingway
Happy Earth Day everyone!
Here is a toast.
The Earth is changing everyday.
Let's Change with the earth and as it turns and keeps on changing, change with it and make it a better place for the the here now and for future generations.
