"One of the first conditions of happiness
is that the link
between Man and Nature
shall not be broken."
~ Leo Tolstoy
Tomorrow is the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. That first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, about 20 million people around the US united to champion the basic human right to a clean and healthy environment. This year, nearly 1 billion people around the world are expected to participate in Earth Day activities.
So Happy Earth Day, everybody! Let's try to make every day an Earth Day.
If you are a consumer (and we all are, aren't we?), I found an interesting video you should watch. It's only 21 minutes long, very fast-paced, informative and entertaining.
It's called "The Story of Stuff" and you can find it on youtube at :
You can also find out more about where most of our stuff comes from, as well as where it ends up, from "the story of stuff" website:
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
I recently heard of a book you might be interested in, too. It's "Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough Planet" by Bill McKibben. Bill McKibben is a well-known environmentalist and author, and in this book he provides warnings and hope for our future and the future of our changing planet. You can find his book at :
or visit his website for more information about this book, as well as his other books and articles:
"Trust in Nature,
in what is simple in Nature,
in the small Things
that hardly anyone sees
and that can so suddenly become huge,
immeasurable . . .
then everything will become easier for you,
more coherent
and somehow more reconciling,
not in your conscious mind perhaps,
which stays behind,
astonished,
but in your innermost awareness,
awakeness,
and knowledge."
~Rainer Maria Rilke
