Earth Day is 37 years old today. According to Wikipedia, here's how it came to be:
Responding to widespread environmental degradation, Gaylord Nelson, a United States Senator from Wisconsin, called for an environmental teach-in, or Earth Day, to be held on April 22, 1970. Over 20 million people participated that year, and Earth Day is now observed each year on April 22 by more than 500 million people and national governments in 175 countries.
Well, we've obviously got some MAJOR environmental concerns facing us on this Earth Day 2007. (Note my not-so-subtle symbolic reference to global warming by the way I've placed the burning candles on earth...)
While the big picture might seem pretty overwhelming, I think it's important to not get totally discouraged, but rather to begin taking even small steps towards helping our planet. Check out these sites:
Earthday Network
World Wildlife Earth Day site
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I celebrated by replacing our light bulbs with flurescents or however one spells the "lessen your carbon footprint" bulbs. I will hang up a clothesline to air dry some of our laundry.
I celebrated the first Earth Day, I'm grateful to celebrate this one!
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