Happy 32nd EARTH DAY! Yep, the movement--begun by the Senator Gaylord Nelson--started
the year I was born, but became an official day of remembrance and action in
1970.
My favorite children’s book on EARTH DAY is Our Earth: How Kids Are Saving the Planet. In it, fellow Ontarian
Janet Wlison profiles 10 young environmentalists doing such doable things as PESTER
POWER (constantly reminding parents what’s at stake if we don’t do sustainable things
like recycling, or driving less). And I really like the story of a Malawi boy
who took out a library book and taught himself how to build a windmill for his
village, bringing it electricity.
One of my own traditions of remembering to value the earth, is to treat our land as kindly as you would a
friend. That's why I hug a tree every EARTH DAY.
They’ve been on the planet so much longer than we have, and there’s every
reason for us to ensure that they’ll continue to be.
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