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Recycling Day
Twice a year, in the spring and the fall, the city I live in offers one day for free hazardous material recycling for all their residents. They set up a drop location and you load up your car with old household chemicals, paint and electronics. All you need is identification to prove you live in the city and they do the rest. Years ago my daughters got me involved in recycling….it was something that had been talked about but I just did a bit here and there. My oldest daughter has always been an environmentalist….even at quite a young age. She would get upset when she saw construction companies clearing trees or land…
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Happy Earth Day!
On April 22, 1970, approximately 20 million people gathered together to increase public awareness about protecting and preserving the planet. Forty years ago today, the first Earth Day was officially celebrated. Since that day, we have made tremendous strides in caring for mother earth and making people aware ~ but there is still plenty of room for improvement. Several things you could do to help ~ please consider recycling if you don’t already….eliminate the use of pesticides in your lawn or garden…..buy energy saving bulbs and appliances. We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors… we borrow it from our children. ~ David Brower ~
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Earth Hour
We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors… we borrow it from our children. ~ David Brower ~ Don’t forget to turn off your lights for one hour this evening beginning at 8:30 p.m. local time. Have a late evening candlelight dinner…..sit outside (weather permitting) and gaze at the night sky…..spend the time with family, friends and loved ones. You will be surprised at how quickly the time will pass and you may even continue into the night without lights. Alone we are one….together we are many. For more information, visit the Earth Hour home page.
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For Our Children’s Children
On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people around the world will come together to call for action on climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour. The movement symbolizes that by working together, each of us can make a positive impact in this fight, protecting our future and that of future generations. Learn more about how Earth Hour began, what we’ve accomplished, and what is in store for 2010. We participated last year and it was actually kind of nice….I lit a hurricane lamp, some candles and we sat around and talked during our hour. My daughter had a friend stay the night and…
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Happy Earth Day!
My hope is future generations will never have to say “remember when there were trees and clear, clean water”……..do what you can to preserve our natural resources. 🙂
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She Needs You……..
She needs you………cast your vote for Mother Earth on Saturday, March 28th, at 8:30 p.m.! For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. For more information……visit Earth Hour.