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Donna and her kids, Ethan and Emily, are going crazy organizing for an Earth Day event. Emily already had her face painted at the Grand Central Earth Fair. Over the weekend, they’re planning to go with Mrs. Bradley to plant flowers and trees at a small park on the Lower East Side. It’s the perfect time of the year to be out in the sun planting trees. Rachel said that she wanted to go, too.
I asked Donna about how she can be active for so many causes. She said, “I got involved with Earth Day in 1970, when it began–I was in elementary school. I slowly got involved with other stuff after that.” I told her, “But Donna, sometimes saving the world isn’t in the mind of a regular Joe. I mean, people are busy, they’re more worried about making ends meet now.” She nodded and said, “Sometimes you can save the world and save yourself at the same time. Did you know that if you take public transportation to work on a regular basis you can save about 400 gallons of gas a year? With gas prices the way they are now, it’s the best solution for both your family AND the planet.” She sure has a way of getting her point across, folks! “There are other little things you can do around the house too, like using different light bulbs that are friendly to the environment–they also cut your power usage, so that’ll bring your electric bill down,” she continued. I admire her energy to find solutions to all our problems.
We’re having a candle lit dinner among friends at Donna’s place. She’s going to be serving everything organic. She invited some writers, poets and artists there so I’m really looking forward to meeting them. That’s all I have time for this week, folks. I’ll leave you with the Zen quote from Eddie Albert, who helped start Earth Day (April 22 also happens to be his birthday). He said, “What’s the most important thing in the world? It’s love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.” I look it as the love for life, the love for the world we live in and the love for people around you. Until next week!
