National Earth Day

Each year, April 22 is celebrated as National Earth Day. It is a day to bring awareness to environmental issues and encourage people to be good stewards of this planet we live on. Although some controversial issues can arise, if we don't take care of Earth to some degree, life on it will not survive. There are Earth Day activities in more than 173 countries.

The idea for Earth Day was introduced in 1969, and on March 21, 1970, Secretary-General U Thant of the United Nations signed the proclamation. In the United States, Senator Gaylord Nelson is credited with establishing the day. Although it's not a national holiday, the day is widely celebrated.

Here are some Earth Day activities you might want to consider and let them carry over into other days as well:

• Join Earth Day cleanup activities in your area
• Use litterbags in all your vehicles; don't throw trash out the windows
• Join or start a community garden
• Hold a recycling drive
• Enjoy nature: picnic, go to a park, hike, camp, etc.
• Buy disposable produces that are biodegradable 
• Conserve energy: carpool, group errands into one trip, wash full loads of clothes, take shorter showers, repair dripping faucets, walk where you can, etc.
• Buy green cleaning products when you can and limit herbicides and pesticides

ENJOY THE DAY!

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