Earth Day Ecology Flag. The symbol is a combination of the letters "E" and "O" taken from the words "Environment" and "Organism," respectively.
It’s coming. Earth Day 2010. April 22 will be here before you know it.The first Earth Day, as you may know, was in 1970. It was the creation of Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in. Earth Day is not an American holiday, it is celebrated in many countries around the globe. Earth Day is designed to inspire both awareness and appreciation for the earth’s environment. As the state of the earth’s environment becomes increasingly troublesome, Earth Day has become more important.
In keeping with the spirit of Earth Day, it is not only important to observe the day, it is imperative that we use the day to teach and educate as many as possible about the perils facing our environment. Earth Day is a day to reflect on how we intend to leave the earth for subsequent generations – a sequentially better place, environmentally. Our Earth Day resolutions should be sincere, actionable and sustainable. It is a time to revisit our personal, household and corporate sustainability plans and make changes and adjustments.
Here are just a few ideas from us at EnviroCitizen.org on how to celebrate Earth Day. We hope that you will respond to this post with some of your own thoughts and ideas as well. Ideas for celebrating Earth Day might include:
- Planting a tree with your children. This creates a welcome opportunity to discuss the meaning of the day.
- Learning more about the environment. The articles library at EnviroCitizen.org has well over 1000 unique articles that might be the basis for your environmental discovery.
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Develop a plan for your home and perhaps your business that supports year round sustainability.
- Gather up all those old clothes, toys, games and other household items that are of no use to you but perhaps great use to someone else. Sell your items on EBay, plan a yard sale or give the items to charity.
- Put together a crew and gather litter in your town or city.
- Hold an Earth Day Fair at your local school or in a local park to teach children and others about appreciating and caring for the environment.
- Have an Earth Day Meal, complete with all organic foods, as much locally grown ingredients as possible and a table decorated with items made from recycled or repurposed materials.
- Consider buying carbon offsets to make up for the greenhouse gas emissions you create on the other 364 days of the year. Carbon offsets fund projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. EnviroCitizen.org has a truly unique program to make it simple and affordable to do this.
- Ride your bike. Take mass transit. Share a ride.
Remember, everyday is Earth Day. We use April 22nd as a reminder that it is our responsibility to walk gently on the earth and its resources, and to leave the earth a better place for each successive generation that inhabits it. Earth Day is simply a reminder of our individual and collective responsibilities to make careful choices about the earth and our environment.
Happy Earth Day!!
