Earth Day and You

What is the purpose of Earth Day? To me, Earth Day is a day where everyone can hop onto the "going green" bandwagon, and for at least 1 day out of our calendar's 365, we can all say that we have done the Earth some good. Ultimately people go back to their everyday lives, as living as we do on Earth Day simply isn't realistic every single day of the year. But if Earth Day does nothing else to affect us over the course of the year, it does do one thing: it reminds us that the Earth needs to be cared for. Without Earth Day, we would all too easily forget about our impact on our planet. It's similar to the "Earth Hour" in which everybody turns off all their electronics for an hour, in an effort to save energy. Realistically, the energy that we save in one hour will have little effect compared to the rest of the hours in a year that we are not saving that energy, however it is important as a reminder.


So even though Earth Day completely skipped my mind, and I had no recollection of it until the assignment for this blog post was posted, the important thing is that we remember, so that we may make decisions between now and the next Earth Day that will have a more positive impact on our planet.