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It was originally started by a senator named Gaylord Nelson in 1970. Senator Nelson was an environmental activist and wanted to create an "environmental teach-in" focusing on local communities using a grassroots agenda. Here we are 40 years later and I think Senator Nelson would be proud!
There are so many events taking place all over the world. We are living in a time of conciousness where people really want to make a difference. Can't you feel the Earth love?!?
For our family, Earth Day means a time to celebrate our Earth and all she has given us. My children are a bit too young to really go into detail about environmental impact, carbon footprints and global warming. What they do understand is nature. We try to immerse ourselves in nature daily, so in that sense everyday should be Earth Day, but to make this day special we did a few extra Earth Day activities.
We started off with a green smoothie using freshly picked dandelion greens, oranges and strawberries. I think it's important to love our little dandelion weeds on Earth Day! :)
Then we got ready to cut into our felted Earth ball by Syrendell.
We received this in a swap and I held onto it for just this occasion.
F wanted to color, so I asked her to draw a picture of something she enjoys that Mother Earth has given us.
These are flower fields.
She has a name for each flower, but she's asleep and I can't remember them.....bad mama!
A felted ball.
A sun stacker.
A felt leaf.
Enjoying music with Ms. Suzi!
Eating wild lettuce on the edible plant walk. F pointed out that we had already eaten our weeds this morning in our smoothie!
F added her Earth Day flowers to the community mural.
A basket of my herbal goodies I donated for the raffle.
F's upcycled bookmark she made in the crafting corner.
Earth Day usually lasts a week or so with events happening on the weekends. Check some out here, or your local newspaper. We always love attending the Whole Child Whole Planet Expo.
I had some time to reflect on Mother Earth while papa played with the girls this evening.
What can I do better for our Earth?
How can I make more changes?
I know!My one weakness is my car. My mini-van actually. We drive everywhere! We are very busy bees and everything seems to be on the other side of town. I begged for a Trek double bike trailer last Christmas and I've used it all of 3 times. 3. Now granted I'm pregnant, but still! I really need to get better at not using the car so much. We use our feet a lot for local businesses and errands, but I know I can do more than that. We live downtown! It's time for the girls and I to get better acquainted with our public transportation. That's my goal for the next year. I hope to return to this post next April 22nd and update you all with how much less we're driving
1 comments:
ah, these are all such great ideas Laura, very inspiring. We didn't talk about it at all and now I am sad :( Taylor did get a lot out of it though at preschool. Monday we had someone come in and do a presentation on composting with red wiggler worms and they were fascinated. And then yesterday they made their own little teraniums with stuff they collected on a walk. As always, good job mama!
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