I’ve been recycling pieces of this Earth Day blog entry for 10 years. “Because of all the places within a year’s ride of here, this is the only place to be.” — World Party Happy Earth Day, Everyone! Some say the “Environmental Movement” has itself become a corporation indistinguishable from its foes. Some say that … Continue reading Recycling on Earth Day
As I do every other day, I walked Lucky Dog around the neighborhood park today. Our park has two soccer fields, both of which are in use most Saturdays and, maybe, Sundays. Today, all around the two fields, I picked up small water bottles thoughtlessly tossed on the ground by players or fans (parents). We … Continue reading How Some People Celebrated Earth Day (updated 5/8/07)
“Because of all the place’s within a year’s ride of here, this is the only place to be.” — World Party
Earth Day 2002 I celebrated Earth Day idling in line at the drive-up window. As I burned my part of the world’s resources, I waited for chemical-laden beef raised on clearcut forest land, served with genetically modified potatoes grown in the desert, watered by rapidly melting polar icecaps. On the radio, the president called for … Continue reading I’m Recycling on Earth Day
Another recycled post for Earth Day 2010 (originally posted 3/28/07): Billboards are a finger in the eye. An erect middle finger. A billboard is a selfish and cowardly statement. It says anonymously, “my profit is more important than the environment.” It places personal gain ahead of community values. Every billboard in the world should be … Continue reading A Finger in the Eye
I think Frank Zappa said it best when he said, “It’s … great to be alive.” (There goes my parental rating. Sorry, kids.)
Happy Earth Day, Everyone! Some say the “Environmental Movement” has itself become a corporation indistinguishable from its foes. Some say that “the people” no longer trust “the movement.” Some even say the movement is irrelevant because everyone is an environmentalist now. Yeah, that last one is especially funny. Whatever bits of truth float in those … Continue reading Love Your Mother