Earth Day is this weekend. What suggestions do you have?

I was thinking today that perhaps this year, instead of doing something “good” for the environment, (like planting a tree) I should make a list of the “bad” or energy wasting things that I currently practice like leaving water/lights on and stop doing the harmful things. Hopefully it can help me be aware EVERYday instead of once a year =)

I plan on celebrating if I can get to Earth this weekend.

I’ll be teaching an archery class to kids and adults. It will help to get them outdoors and appreciate nature.

@AstroChuck hahaha, that’s funny, you’re so clever How about a useful answer, pretty please?

Plant a tree. That’s what I usually do on Earth day and a few other days throughout the year in my yard and in others.

It’s the PERFECT season for planting.

Instead of raising “peoples” awareness, start with yourself in your own yard and in your grocery choices.

@SpatzieLover We already know/do what we can to help, but the whole purpose of Earth Day is to raise other people’s awarness of it.

I’ll be at the Mall

@mcbealer lotsa lurve to you!

I planted 5 fruit trees yesterday and have my vegetable gardens all prepped to plant my seedlings this weekend. Nothing better than setting a good example :)

I decided to celebrate Earth Day by going to see Daniel Tosh this weekend! This will be the best Earth Day I’ve had in a while! I might even feel really ambitious and recycle the bottles afterward :). I know what you’re thinking, but I thought it was a pretty awesome way to celebrate the world… by listening to someone making fun of everything on it!

I’m having a yard full of Girl Scouts over. Evidently, the chemotherapy affected my decision making processes! Anyway, a friend of our is an environmental scientist and will be doing some presentations and experiments to show the girls and their families how dome of our day-to-day activities affect the planet. He will show us ways to improve our carbon footprint.

@cak Good for the chemo!

@ru2bz46 – 42 girls. That’s a lot of girls. I doubt my bathrooms will ever be the same! I’m not even sure how many parents are actually going to stay. I offered food, you never know how many will stay!

@cak The important part is that you’ll be touching the lives of 42 girls, and maybe a few parents. Make that your mantra as you set to cleaning them stalls!

@ru2bz46 – I enjoy it…I complain a bit, but I really enjoy it. One day, get me talking about owls and hawks. I’ve learned some really cool things through Girl Scouts. I really like being a leader and I don’t mind the dirty bathrooms…they clean up…no problem. ;) Have fun doing your activity! I joked about my aim, before – but again, through Girl Scouts, I’ve really learned to love archery. and I’ve even managed not to injure anyone!

@cak Yes, helping the scouts is very rewarding. Several times a year, I’ll help a scoutmaster friend at the Camporees and such. We’ll have up to 400 boys come through the archery booth with about three or four of us to show them the basics. I’m just glad I don’t have to clean those bathrooms!

Every once in a while I find myself thinking that if the U.S. required every new baby born to be signed up for scouts, this country would be a much better place! Almost all the people I grew up with in Girl Scouts have turned out great. I too instruct archery, as well as canoing at scout camps and the kids are just so well mannered, for the most part. Then, you leave and go back into the real world and wonder what happened, or what didn’t happen, with the kids today.

@lisaj89 – I’ve run into a few that have tried my patience; however, when I see what happens to them in a few years and they have it together…I’m so proud of them. It’s made a huge difference in my life. I just hope that I help someone along the way to really feel that someone cared about them. That’s what I got from my leader. I’ve been a scout since I was in elementary school, I’m 38, now – it’s been time well spent. I look forward to more. :)

Sit around and watch my friends smoke a bowl around the fire and thank the Mother for all she gives us.

I would raise awareness by telling people about the concept of “Cradle to Cradle Manufacturing” replacing the current “Cradle to Grave” model. In simple words: Trash disappears completely. That’s the vision.

From Wikipedia: Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things is a 2002 book by German chemist Michael Braungart and U.S. architect William McDonough – a manifesto calling for the transformation of human industry through ecologically intelligent design. Through historical sketches on the roots of the industrial revolution and commentary on science, nature and society, McDonough and Braungart assert that a maladapted industrial system can become a creator of goods and services that generate ecological, social and economic value.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_to_Cradle:_Remaking_the_Way_We_Make_Things

From Amazon.com: Paper or plastic? Neither, say William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Why settle for the least harmful alternative when we could have something that is better—say, edible grocery bags! In Cradle to Cradle, the authors present a manifesto calling for a new industrial revolution, one that would render both traditional manufacturing and traditional environmentalism obsolete. Recycling, for instance, is actually “downcycling,” creating hybrids of biological and technical “nutrients” which are then unrecoverable and unusable. The authors, an architect and a chemist, want to eliminate the concept of waste altogether, while preserving commerce and allowing for human nature. They offer several compelling examples of corporations that are not just doing less harm—they’re actually doing some good for the environment and their neighborhoods, and making more money in the process. Cradle to Cradle is a refreshing change from the intractable environmental conflicts that dominate headlines. It’s a handbook for 21st-century innovation and should be required reading for business hotshots and environmental activists.

@YARNLADY I should have specified to you, I live in Wisconsin. Earth Day is WELL known and reported on here. I think it’s funny how it just seems to be catching on elsewhere due to the “greening” of peoples thoughts around the Nation.