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Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 22nd, 2010, 7:25 pm

"I, a pillar of mud, stood next to a rose and caught it's scent"
"Remember that Earth Day is every day..." Forty years of brilliance.
Clean air, clean water and saving endangered species...Also remember
that war is the most unhealthy thing for the environment.
Finally, remember that use of renewable resources is important
and wind, solar, geothermal, and
new sustainable technology will get us
to the future smelling like a rose. Happy Earth Day! Many happy returns.

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Post by Steve Plonk » April 29th, 2010, 10:44 am

The "Gaia Hypothesis" supposes that mother Earth behaves like a biological entity. All the ecological niches work together to form the whole. We are all stewards and are required to help keep the Earth sustainable and more alive by living gently on the Earth. According to the Bible, all creation is good...
We are part of creation. All is One. God is in us and in nature itself. God is
also in the "multiverse".

It is time we all gathered together for a group hug in solidarity with other creatures of this Earth. In other words, I speak of "panentheism". We are all "symbiotic" and live for and with one another and as a species we need to act as One people. There lies the hope for humankind and all plant and animal life on this planet. Otherwise, we are headed for a great extinction.

Oh, by the way, the Endangered Species Act is up for renewal in Congress.
Write your U. S. representatives and senators and ask that it be renewed.

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Addendum:

Post by Steve Plonk » July 28th, 2010, 8:01 pm

Addendum:

Hopefully, the rest of the known world will catch on and start sharing what bounty that is left. Organize! Let's save the the planet from our own greed & aggression. Wars & destruction are over if we want them to be...but it has to be a great group effort.
We need to become true shepherds of creation. Let's remember
that Earth Day should be every single day. Only hard work &
sacrifice will see us through.

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 24th, 2011, 9:30 pm

Well, here it is Earth Day Weekend, Easter, this year, is only two days after...
God Bless and celebrate Earth Day every day! Remember April 22nd!
Earth Day came on Good Friday this year and was celebrated either before or after...Forty years ago, I was at a combination protest and festival called
the "Festival of Life". See my thread about it below... It took place on Earth Day Week and seems like a lifetime ago, as it was!

The "Festival of Life" was one of the largest environmental and peace festivals
ever held in Washington, DC. We also marched for eighteen-year-olds to get
the right to vote. I wonder how many eighteen-year-olds today exercise
their hard-earned rights to vote...What say ye, people!? (What do I have to do,
light a fire under your tails to get you to post on this thread?) Ten-Four!
"This wheel's on fire!" B. Dylan

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 22nd, 2012, 3:44 pm

HAPPY EARTH DAY! 8) We need to remember Earth Day every single day. :idea: Time's a-wasting...Let's jump on Congress to renew the Clean Air & Clean Water Acts & keep toxic substances out of our food & ecosystems. We need to be ready for the next earthquake, or big oil spill, etc. We need to realize that we are going through a time of major climate change... :!:

Ecological preservation ideas must be spread throughout the world if we
are to sustain the current earth population without major catastrophes.
That is one reason that the United Nations is cooperating with feed &
seed banks, etc. in case of a major disaster. :idea:

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 22nd, 2013, 8:34 am

Once again, it is Earth Day! Celebrate the Earth mother this day especially, & every day... :)

"We are all "symbiotic" and live for and with one another and as a species we need to act as One people. There lies the hope for humankind and all plant and animal life on this planet. Otherwise, we are headed for a great extinction." A quote from my own notes. See above. 8)

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 22nd, 2014, 12:14 pm

Happy EARTH DAY, 2014! REMEMBER EARTH DAY every day...ONWARD! :) 8)

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 24th, 2015, 9:52 am

Happy belated Earth Day (April 22nd) & Happy Arbor Day (April 24th)in 2015 :!:
Remember that Earth Day is every day & that "as long as there is life there is hope". 8)

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 22nd, 2016, 10:49 am

HAPPY EARTH DAY, April 22, 2016. Remember all God's creation. 8) :D

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 21st, 2017, 7:14 pm

Happy Earth Day 2017, tomorrow! Remember, as the saying goes, let's make Earth Day
every day. 8)

I wonder if folks could clean up that floating pile of garbage, twice the
size of Texas, which is located off our Pacific Coast. :idea:

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 22nd, 2018, 3:12 pm

Happy Earth Day once again.
Here's hoping that Scott Pruitt, the EPA secretary either resigns, is fired, or removed from office.
He has been a naysayer of environmental protection from the git-go. I think Pruitt may even
be worse than Anne Gorsuch, who served during the Reagan administration.

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 25th, 2020, 3:40 pm

This week on April 22, 2020, Earth Day has been around for fifty years. We need to remind ourselves that we need
to celebrate Earth Day every day. We are in the middle of a Covid-19 pandemic and into a major extinction event
on the horizon. Science may be able to help us control the pandemic. However, it is human practices which need
to change to mitigate the changing climate and the extinction of many more animals and plant life. We have to
change our carbon footprint and stop destroying the various habitats for wildlife and forests.

In addition, we need to amend the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts to eliminate pervasive chemicals introduced by
industry in the last fifty years lest the chemicals get into our air and water. We need to convert lead pipes to a
more benevolent plastic material in our water and sewer disposal systems. In addition, we need to try to eliminate
fossil fuels as much as possible and use alternatives to the gas combustion engines we use in our vehicles.

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by still.trucking » April 26th, 2020, 1:29 pm

That is not happening anytime soon. In the meantime, the government is redressing all the progress made so far. Why would the government do that? The people that control the ways and means are doing God's will. Or so I have heard.
These families, in turn, benefit from a deregulation of lack of environmental control regulation, low taxation, and minimal work . . .
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/03/trump- ... e-stewart/
I need to do more wishful thinking steve, don't mind me I am in an environmental funk. I know it will change for the better or the worse. I am going to treasure the world around me as a gift. It is still time enough to......there is still time enough to preserve and conserve starts with me. going to try and take a hard look at my trash.
"Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous." Barbara Ehrenreich

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 26th, 2020, 2:40 pm

Still Trucking, thanks for your post. Hey, like you said we all need to take a hard look at what we throw away.
Attitudes need to change as you hinted at. Certainly, the world around us is a gift and we start our conservation at home.
We need to recycle all the stuff we can...
It is wonderful to have thoughtful posts such as yours.

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Re: Happy Earth Day!

Post by Steve Plonk » April 23rd, 2022, 5:09 pm

Hope everyone had an active and safe Earth Day. We planted our garden.

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