"The Earth Flag is my symbol of the task before us all. Only in the last quarter of my life have we come to know what it means to be custodians of the future of the Earth - to know that unless we care, unless we check the rapacious exploitations of our Earth and protect it, we are endangering the future of our children and our children's children. We did not know this before, except in little pieces. People knew that they had to take care of their own ... but it was not until we saw the picture of the Earth, from the Moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is - something that we must hold in our arms and care for."
April 22nd marks International Earth Day. It is celebrated every year across the globe. San Luis Obispo had its Earth Day gathering yesterday at the Mission Plaza downtown. A well-participated in and attended event, it had a somber and urgent message: ---we are running out of time but these are the ways in which individuals can help.
The main giveaway items were reusable grocery bags and spiral energy efficient bulbs. Electric, hybrid, bio-diesel, and other alternative modes of transportation were on display. Participating local businesses and groups with environmentally conscious philosophies and practices were thrilled to be there: computer businesses, skin and make-up sales representatives and local producers, the California Conservation Corps, Code Pink, The Green Party, ECOSLO, Health food vendors, water treating businesses, Air America, and many other participants, helped educate visitors, including children, on the necessity of individual responsibility in initiating the reversal of environmental degradation.
The people absent were, of course, the war mongers, the big corporations, and the greedy of society.
Earthday Network has put out an urgent call for action globally. Their website is a good resource for ways to implement change.
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