Yea Earth, yea planet!Back on Tuesday I asked for suggestions of ways to celebrate today’s momentous holiday. Being the 40th annual Earth Day I really wanted to do more than just what I do every day; I wanted to do something special!
One of my bloggy friends wylde otse over at Feast of Dragons was poetic with his suggestion:
“wriggle your toes in the earth, pretend to be a tree (worry about being cut down, or burned by a forest fire)
take a deep breath - breathe out 'thank you'
pull in pretend branches - give yourself a hug - for all the thoughtful environmental things you have done this year.
just before sleep tonight, imagine Gaia - at one with planet earth - conscious of you.
send love; sleep sound.”
Sounds pretty good to me! Especially the thanking Earth part. While I’m on the run today I plan to pay even more attention to the budding leaves of trees and tulips that made an appearance over night, breathe deep and do my best to enjoy the sun as much as possible.
Other things we can do that are fun, cheap and/or free:
~ Download some free music from a GLR favorite artist here at Benjamin Taylor Music.
~ Walk everywhere instead of driving if possible.
~ Become a fan of Sun Chips on Facebook and they donate $1.00 to environmental education causes (today only!) for every new fan.
~ Drink filtered tap water, turn off the water while brushing teeth, flush one less time today.
~ Purchase a reusable tote called “Love Your Mother” with the Mass Farmer’s Markets logo and filled with organic, stone ground chocolate from Taza. It is $45 and includes an automatic $20 donation to the Mass Farmer’s Markets.
~ Join a Freecycle group (or 3!) near you today!
~ Start planting your garden.
~ See Disneynature’s new movie Oceans (which opens today) during its first run week and a donation of $0.20 per ticket will be made to The Nature Conservancy’s Adopt a Reef Program in the Bahamas. They pledge a minimum donation of $100,000!
Most importantly, have fun, get outside and enjoy the planet today! Thanks Earth for another great year! ♥love♥
Thanks to astronomy-pictures.net for the picture! A very fun site to explore (hint, hint, another great thing to do on Earth Day!)
3 comments:
Happy Earth Day to you, too.
Also don't forget, Avatar, the movie about a war on an environment, is out on DVD/BluRay today.
Just do one thing each day to make a difference!
Peace, Judi
Great post!
(and, shucks, you spotted my comment :o)
I will go over your list, again! I love it. If "Faith is the sound a bird makes just before dawn"; then 'hope' is the perfume of a flower, just before it opens -
your post just gave me a whiff.
Judi, " Just do one thing each day to make a difference ! "...geeeze, so simple, it was in front of my nose... :o)
Earth Day seems to gather a bigger following each year...Great news !
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