You’ve probably heard that Earth Day is on Wednesday. Did you know that it’s National Park Week all week long?
It’s true. Check out www.nps.gov for all kinds of activities and information about thing going on this week around our country.
If you have kids, they can check out becoming a Junior Ranger.
There’s a great map on the home page that you can hover your cursor over any state and see National Parks within that state.
In 1962, when the idea of Earth Day started forming in Gaylord Nelson’s mind, I wonder if he ever imagined that we would be where we are in 2009.
I am one who tries very hard to look at the glass half full. I like hearing stories about the earth being more than 70% ocean. Our largest National Park is 20,000 square miles (Wrangell-St. Elias, in southcentral Alaska) and all the National Parks make up 84 million acres. Numbers like these give me hope that we haven’t crushed the planet.
This is a good week to start some of those habits that really can turn into things you do all the time, without even thinking.
-Keep reusable grocery bags in your car. Put them on the floor of the front seat if that helps you remember to use them. Don’ t just use them in the grocery store, use them wherever you shop.
-Recycle in your home. It really doesn’t take that much effort. Consider cutting back your newspaper subscription to only the days you read it.
-Use cloth napkins, not paper. They are more colorful, last a very long time, can be used for rags when they start to look like them and they really don’t make that much laundry.
-Put this as a tag line on your email. Remind others to be mindful every time you press send.
P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
So there are four things that we can all do, to do our part in keeping what we have beautiful.
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