Earth Day - Honor Mother Earth!

Earth Day is April 24th. In my opinion it is a very significant day. Just as Thanksgiving is a day we stop and count our blessings, Earth Day is a day for us to increase our awareness of this beautiful planet and think of ways to keep the Earth as healthy as we can. After all, our own health depends to a great extent on the health of the planet.

The concept of global warming has become a controversial thing. Now the politically correct term is "climate change". The existence of climate change has become pretty much a political debate. Political commentators like to point out that our planet is pristine compared to years ago when the Cuyahoga River in Ohio burned, actually several times, due to oil slicks and debris in the river. Others feel we need to make the environment an urgent priority.While it is true that, at least in the USA, we don't have the extent of billowing smoke stacks and the raping of mountains for strip mining that we had in the past, we have to remain ever vigilant.

The human population of the earth is ever expanding - we are taking the biblical command to "go forth and multiply" very seriously. The current population of the Earth is just over 7 billion people - almost double what it was in 1970. Not good for the planet as we humans often put convenience, monetary gain and instant gratification way ahead of the well being of the environment.The Great Law of the Iroquois was to be certain that decisions made were guided by the consideration of the well-being of seven generations to come. We would be wise and good to live by this ancient law - to look ahead to the planet we are leaving our children and generations to come. If nothing else, we can do at least this much!