Green Living

With all those first-quarter holidays (World Water Day, Earth Hour) behind us, we’re up to the Big Mama of them all–Earth Day. For nearly 40 years, April 22 has been an annual wake-up call to acknowledge our interconnectedness with the other inhabitants of our home planet, and recognize that what happens in Las Vegas–or London, Lahore, and Lima, for that matter-doesn’t stay there.

Increasingly, more of us are insisting that we need to observe Earth Day every day. If each of us could take on just one new sustainable practice–whether changing the lightbulbs, turning down (or up) the thermostat, or parking the car and walking–just think of the impact. And if we did this every day? Well, what a giant leap toward lightening our collective footprint!

Check out the Earth Day Web site, www.earthday.net, for events near you-most communities stretch the celebration to the weekend. And use it as a resource year-round. It lists other events as well as actions you can take to be part of the growing wave of Earth guardians.