Happy Earth Day. I left off the exclamation point for a reason: I feel distinctly ambivalent about this day. I am not happy about its increasing commercialism. But today seems to be a good opportunity to reflect on the ambivalent relationship between humans and the planet we inhabit. I am not a photographer and do [...]
Posts Tagged ‘earth day’
22 Apr
On Earth Day: Think, Don’t Do
I’ve noticed that a lot of people have provided lists of things to do (or not do) on Earth Day this year. Since there are almost an infinite number of things you could do (today and any other day) to benefit the environment, I’m going to propose something a little different: This year, for Earth [...]
22 Apr
Happy Earth Day!
In celebration of Earth Day, I cut my morning shower to five minutes today. (The fact that it has been extraordinarily warm in California for the past three days has nothing to do with my stoic resolution to turn the knob to ‘lukewarm’ instead of ‘scalding.’) I brought my lunch in a recyclable shopping bag instead [...]
