Tuesday, April 23, 2013

A Thought on Earth Day


Yesterday was Earth Day but admittedly, I didn’t do anything extraordinary to honor it. I didn’t chain myself to a tree to save a forest or even go out of my way to clean up litter. But I did tend to our growing container garden, adding things to the compost pile and recycling a bunch of jars. I read The Lorax to Rosie after lunch and we played outside.

I constantly tell myself I should being doing more for Mother Earth, but I also like to think I live each day as if it were Earth Day. Because I do not feel environmentalism should be celebrated one day and ignored the other 364 days out of the year.

I should do more. We all should. But if I were to guess what my most important contribution to the movement will be… I will have to say that it is the legacy I nurture with my daughter. If we teach our children to respect the Earth by both our actions and our words perhaps we can create a generation that is kinder to their world. 

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