It's Earth Day! Do anything exciting?
There's a ton of press leading up to today, all really interesting. The Washington Post looks at the death of Earth Day today and also had a good look at Mountain Top Removal on Sunday. They also launched a new "Green Section" online.
MSN has a special section and there was a ton of press coverage of Bush's climate change "initiative", if you can call it that. There's talk of fuel economy guidelines being released to meet the 35mpg standards in the next decade, and more and more.
So, suddenly everyone cares - or it looks like they care. My question is does it matter? Is it too late? There seem to be lots of magic solutions to climate change, but nobody mentions that the use of ethanol could lead to higher food prices (which, by the way, have been increasing and are now called a "Silent Tsunami").
Also, how do you or did you celebrate Earth Day? I suggest planting a tree - maybe Apple.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Happy? Earth Day!
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climate change,
Earth Day,
food,
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I celebrated Earth Day by wearing my Earth Day t-shirt that said "Keep it Cool!" I was surprised by the lack of attention in the schools. They concentrated on it, but not really. It was kind of like...oh, its Earth Day. I got compliments on my shirt, but I didn't see anyone else talking about or wearing anything Earth Day-ish. Maybe I'm spoiled because last year was my last year in college and we had a huge Earth Day celebration in honor of our new president.
I had lunch in Lafayette Park in front of the White House and elementary school kids were walking around with their teachers and handing out copies of their own Earth Day artwork. The artwork included comments like "Stop polluting", and "stop cutting down the trees", in classic first-grader hand-writing and grammar :)
The kids were also wearing t-shirts that they had decorated for Earth day. I was happy to see teachers celebrating Earth Day with students!
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