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EARTH DAY MESSAGE  When the last tree has been cut down, when the last river has been poisoned, when the last fish has been caught will we finally realize that we cannot eat money.  Let’s hope it never gets to that point. On this Earth Day let’s treat the air we breathe, the  water we drink , the soil that sustains us , and biodiversity as sacrosanct. Those are the key elements that sparked life at the beginning of Earth. Let’s take good care of Mother Earth. 

  TWO THUMBS WAY UP! Sweden and Austria stopped using coal to produce electricity. 👍😎😃😊 👍😎😃😊 👍😎😃😊 👍😎😃😊 👍😎😃😊

  D ISCARDED PPE LITTER "In the second half of 2020, more than 107,000 items of PPE were collected by volunteers around the world according to the Ocean Conservancy group — a figure its members believe is a vast undercount of the year’s true totals. It reported last month that 94 per cent of its cleanup events found discarded PPE, with masks accounting for 80 per cent of the total." The masks are made of materials that will not break down easily; by some estimates it could take 450 years for one to decompose in the environment. Conservationists have reported sea birds becoming entangled in the ear straps of face masks, and they worry that marine life could eat masks or gloves, mistaking it for food, and suffer serious or fatal consequences. Why do so many people  treat Mother Earth like a giant garbage can,  thereby, causing the death of millions of marine animals every single year? As well,  discarded  germ/virus saturated masks can easily endanger the lives of pets and kids

BUY YOUR CHILD A LITTER PICKER!  Research emphatically tells us connecting with the flora and fauna in our natural surroundings enhances our physical and mental well being by lowering our blood pressure, reducing our stress hormones and boosting our immune system. Normally, one would eagerly applaud the fact that more people are enjoying the great outdoors. Wherever, I often  venture  as far as the eye can see, the forest floor has been  completely blanketed with mounds of unsightly litter from polypropylene masks to a myriad of plastic bags and containers.  Many Conservation Areas have posted signs that remind outdoor enthusiasts to leave nothing behind but their footprints.  The majority of people accept and respect the importance of refraining from turning Mother Earth into a gigantic garbage dump, but unfortunately a few DO NOT! Youngsters should learn  from  from a very early age, about the alarmingly detrimental impact of litter on our environment, wildlife, and humans.