What’s Earth Day to you? The vision of the lost and Mission of the found.
I grew up in the age of paper bag book covers and collecting glass bottles and aluminum cans for five cents on Saturday age. I loved it.
The generation I see now wants a more noble mission or no mission at all. It seems anyway. In my view the activists are more blaming than actioning. Take Great Thunberg, the iconic United Nations speech condemning any who tries to defend the world they live in, and even I thought she was a little much. I mean how could she have lived to be able to berate me on my activism. It did not seem right.
Making your mark doesn’t have to change THE world.
It just has to change a world.
Whatever path you take on healing the Earth has an impact. Enjoy the moments giving back. Enjoy the moments the Earth gives you. We are only here a tiny fraction of what the Earth has been here, let us treat her as an elder and respect what she has given us.
In another light after looking her up for this mental thought it seems there may be more of her dedicated to change than I gave her credit for at the time. For instance, she founded Fridays For Future, an organization aimed at supporting environmental change. Which garnered attention from me as it is one thing to complain about, and a whole other thing to start an organization. That takes strength.
As an entrepreneur, and in an entrepreneurial fashion, starting something, you believe in, staying committed to the see it to the end takes fortitude. I will give her credit for that. Plus, with some more research it looks that she has done more than just that organization, she also supports other environmentally conscious endeavors.
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The part I really enjoy about the generation taking leaps in environmentally courageous activities are the ones pioneering groundbreaking technology for the good of the planet. That is the positive change that I jump on board with right away. For instance, the ones I get excited about are the solar powered river cleaning robot boats. Having been a commercial diver the water resources are dearest to my heart and to see rivers run brown is heart breaking, especially when I have seen waters that are so blue and beautiful. Every person on this planet should have access to clean water.
The pictures in this blog are some of the impressive inventions starting to be looked at seriously for funding, once some bugs are worked out at least the trash part will be handled. My hopes are, and I genuinely believe this, if we can do some of the work nature will help with some of the rest. Will it be easy, obviously not. Will it take a combination of innovators and agitators combined to get this done, yes!
So, I leave this blog with a message, a request, and a favor – what did you do to make the Earth better today?
Share a message with a friend that you care about a part of the environment. Request information from a friend about what they care about in the environment, it might surprise you that you have something in common. The favor, well…act on one thing. Buy a reusable bottle, organize a neighborhood cleanup of a water feature, or support another activist.
