Tag Archive for Earth Day

Fair Game

Sunday is EARTH DAY.  It’s a day to celebrate our Earthly home and give some thought to how we can protect it.   This kid shows that it can actually be child’s -play:

What a fun day!  I didn’t want to go to a stupid old Earth Day Fair.  Then Mom told me the game we’d play.  I’d pick something there and bring it home to do.  So could Shari and Mom and Dad.  Shari’s project is dumb.  She keeps turning off the light when I’m on the pot too long.  I thought the black hose Dad and I set up to heat our pool was really stupid, but it works.  Mom put out a birdhouse and feeder but had to move them over ‘cuz of the bird poop. I didn’t know we had that many birds in our neighborhood! My Earth Day thing’s best of all.  I put a bunch of worms in a barrel in our backyard and watch them turn stuff into dirt.  What’s really fun is the family rule that all of us have to help all the others with their project.  That means I get to chase Shari around with a bunch of worms and not get into too much trouble.  You oughta try this game.  It’s fun!

 

 

A Great Way to Celebrate Earth Day

Here’s something your family can do:

 

Plant Trees

Honor Earth Day, Give Trees for Wildlife

Earth Day is almost here. Get hands-on to help wildlife—while showing politicians you care about addressing climate change—by giving to plant a native tree.

Or better yet, five trees. Or ten!

For every $10 you give today, a native tree will be planted to help wildlife survive and thrive—and you’ll help press leaders to take strong action on climate.

One of the most direct ways to improve our environment and help struggling species is to plant native trees. Trees absorb carbon dioxide—one of the key contributors to climate change—and other pollutant particulates, then store the carbon and release pure oxygen into the atmosphere. And they do this for decades, long after we’re gone.

Trees also lower air temperatures, help conserve energy, and provide wildlife with needed cover, nesting, and food.

Your donation today does even more than put native trees into the ground. Part of your gift will help us fight back against attempts to rollback climate and environmental programs that protect wildlife—and people—from pollution and severe weather events like drought and damaging storms from rising temperatures.

Give $10 to plant a tree, help the climate, and leave a conservation legacy for wildlife.

Our goal this year is to plant 50,000 trees while sending a strong message to the President and Congress that Americans do care about the environment—and that together, we will do our part to improve our communities and wildlife habitats.

Plant Trees

Earth Day and Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson gives us a Thursday Thought for Earth Day:

“The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.” —Lady Bird Johnson

 

 

Truth or Lie–Doesn’t Matter

On this Earth Day, the debate continues: Is global warming a lie? Common sense says that the ever-increasing numbers of humans sharing our planet means quicker depletion of its resources, especially if we waste them.

Even if I assume that earth’s ruin still lies years ahead, it makes sense to try to prevent it, or at least put it off even farther.   I can start with small steps.  I can’t afford a hybrid car, but I can avoid Styrofoam, disposable diapers, incandescent bulbs, and toxic garden chemicals.  I can adjust my thermostat to more efficient levels and do a better job at recycling, especially flashlight batteries and engine oil.  I can air-dry at least some of my laundry.  Why, I could go vegetarian once a week!  I could even go  to www.Smashwords.com and download a free copy of Jackie’s Green Riches: Help the Earth and Your Budget  so I can get ideas on easy steps I can take.  None of this is hard.  But it IS a start.

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