Appreciating Mother Earth

 Earth Day was first founded in the U.S. in 1970 and has now become a globally recognized and celebrated day of awareness and appreciation for the environment. April 22 is the official Earth Day, but many cities start celebrating weeks in advance making Earth Day a month long event. After more than four decades, Earth Day has definitely become more than a single day out of the year when people around the world unite for a common cause. And isn’t Earth Day every day what we should all aim for anyway? Like those “little acts of kindness” we’re encouraged to do, acts of caring for the world we live in don’t have to be done on a monumental scale. Doing something as simple as picking up a little trash you see while lunching in the park, recycling instead of pitching your discarded clothing or electronics, or planting a pollinator friendly backyard garden are all ways to help mother earth on a daily basis. So don’t be overwhelmed into thinking you have to change everything in your life on a drastic level. Today is a great day to start doing what little bit you can. No matter how small your efforts may seem, it’s a step in the right direction.