Earth Day
For me Earth Day is both a day of celebration of our beautiful planet, realizing all it does for us… and a time to raise awareness that we aren’t living in a void. We are a part of an amazingly intricate system that sustains our very lives…. and that environment has become seriously out of balance through our disregard of the impacts of our actions on it.
Our planet has existed for billions of years, and will continue to exist no matter how much pollution we create…. its actually our survival that is at risk…. the survival of the human race. Strong words, I know, but many people don’t realize the severity of the state we have put ourselves in, and still resist making the change to start reversing the process. It really struck home today that it isn’t the planet we need to save…. we need to save ourselves.
The good news is that we have the technology, solutions are available… we just need to raise awareness from local communities to the government level, and start making those changes happen. There are Green Guides out there to help: whether you are switching to compact fluorescent lights, using non-toxic cleaning products, installing solar panels, or calling your senator about the upcoming legislation on clean energy and climate legislation…. there’s a lot you can do, but the change begins with you 
On April 22 1970, 40 years ago today the first Earth Day was celebrated across America, as millions of demonstrators, schools and local communities participated in a ‘teach-in on the environment’ that marked the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Its the only planet we have, won’t you join in today?