“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” Cree Indian Proverb
Earth Day 2011: Ten Things To Do... First Earth Day Poster
NASA’s Earth Day Video Contest
Earth Day 2011: Ten Things To Do... via NASA - Islands of Four Mountains
Happy Earth Day all! The last several weeks have been incredibly hectic on my end. We’ve spent time traveling with our college bound twins to make final visits to various accepted student dates and on each visit, looking around college campuses and the surrounding areas, I was reminded of the beauty of the American landscape and, by extension, of our earth. Today, coming back from a visit to the Northwest, I looked around at the airport and marveled at the array of stores and stuff and the enormous amounts of energy expended at airports. So with this in mind, I approached my earth day post from a practical perspective. Below are ten things we can do to conserve energy, support our environment and cut down on waste. The accompanying photos from NASA showcase the magnificence of the earth. Come back for the photos! 
AT HOME
♥Make note of the day your family decides to rethink energy use. Fix leaky faucets, buy less, recycle, run dishwasher when full, buy low volume toilets and shower heads. Create a goal and reward for the family by using a portion of money saved for an outing or treat.
♥Plan your food menu before leaving for the supermarket. This is huge as a shopping list can curtail our temptation to overspend on food that gets wasted.
♥Make a family fun evening exercise of searching for draughty areas in the home and sealing any exposed gaps or holes.
♥Create a plan of buying or making crafty switch-off stickers for the light switches, plugs and phone chargers in your home and have the family go from room to room placing them.
♥A very important energy saver is carpooling during the school year. Team up with other parents; your children’s friends parents and organize outings in turn. We do a version of this at home.
“Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values…. God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.” Charles A. Lindbergh
Earth Day 2011: Ten Things To Do... via NASA - Nile River Delta at night
Earth Day 2011: TenThings to Do... via NASA Florida Peninsula horizons
Earth Day 2011: Ten Things To Do... via NASA - Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Lyrics for the Earth Day Anthem (Wikipedia)
Joyful joyful we adore our Earth in all its wonderment
Simple gifts of nature that all join into a paradise
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love through out all time
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love through out all time
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world
Again,Turn off lights, Recycle, Conserve water & energy, Minimize use of bottled water, Public transport or drive fuel efficient cars, Start a compost heap with household leftovers, Grow some of your own foods, Go green… What habits have you decided to change for Earth Day? More Below.
