April is the month the United States honors the Earth. We celebrate Earth Day, National Garden Month, Keep America Beautiful Month, and National Wildlife Week. It makes sense because it’s also the midst of Spring when flowers bloom, birds sing, and nature brings new life to the world. It’s also a good time to be conscious of how we treat the Earth we live on by doing things … [Read more...]
Pick Up Trash to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day
Earth Day is April 22, but it is also celebrated the entire month. It was first held over 50 years ago in 1970. One way to honor it is to simply pick up trash when you see it lying on the ground. I don’t know what goes through people’s minds when they thoughtlessly toss garbage without a care in the world. I saw a woman the other day who chucked her plastic water bottle into … [Read more...]
How to Have a Pleasant Conversation About Climate Change
Climate change is a hot topic these days. Have you ever felt uncomfortable talking about it with family members and friends? Everyone has their own idea about what’s true or isn’t true. How do we handle it as a nation? Is it a crisis or isn’t it? The Nature Conservancy (TNC) wants to make it easier for you to navigate this topic. TNC has been in operation for more than … [Read more...]
How Eco-Friendly Living Will Leave a Legacy for Future Generations
Since the first Earth Day in the 1970s we as Baby Boomers have become aware of the need to keep our environment clean for our health and the health of future generations. Eco-friendly living may feel like a hippie term, but it's more important than ever before due to the Climate Change crisis and other environmental concerns. Remember smog? Los Angeles in the ’70s and … [Read more...]
Don’t be a Litterbug: Can We Bring That Campaign Back?
A friend mentioned that she’d been to Grand Canyon and was horrified at the amount of litter that was lying around. Tourists and even local residents think it’s no big deal to fling their soda bottles and fast food bags over the rim to see how far down they'll go. She reminisced about the “Don’t be a Litterbug ” campaign we watched every single day on TV as kids. There … [Read more...]
