January 22nd - Earth Day

Today is the hippiest of holidays that I will be celebrating this month.  Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year, and is meant to bring awareness to environmental issues. The first observance of the holiday took place in San Francisco (I told you it was a hippie holiday), but it has now gained acceptance from the United Nations as an important cause to be observed.

Now, no matter what side of the climate change issue you find yourself on, whether you agree with it or you don’t (you’re wrong), you have to admit that we are causing major problems for our planet.  We are wasteful, destructive, and poisonous to our world, and we all can do something more to help counteract our impact.

I already recycle, and I try to use environmentally conscious alternatives to the products that I buy whenever I get a chance.  I walk to my destination when I have the opportunity, and I make sure to turn off both lights whenever I’m not using them.  I don’t turn my heat/air conditioning on until I absolutely have to, and I try to carpool as much as possible.  I am in no way the perfect environmentalist, but I am definitely trying my best and I bet that if we all did the same thing, our home would be a much cleaner place.

So, instead of celebrating Earth Day how I normally celebrate the Earth each and every day, I chose to instead honor one of its greatest creatures.  Like Tracy Jordan says on 30 Rock, live every week like it’s shark week.  Amen to that…

Thanks to Lukas, my kickass brother, for ordering this shark blimp for me.  It has already paid for itself by the amount of fun that we’ve had with it.  Hooray Planet Earth!