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4/10/2009

Earth Day Reflections

In looking for Earth Day resources, I came upon a page of quotes about our earth. Many of them are very striking and made me really pause to reflect on the way we live our lives.

  • Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.
    ~Mahatma Gandhi, spiritual and political leader
  • Take nothing but pictures.
    Leave nothing but footprints.
    Kill nothing but time.
    ~Motto of the Baltimore Grotto, a caving society
  • Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.
    ~Cree Indian Proverb
  • The earth is what we all have in common.
    ~Wendell Berry, Author, farmer, cultural critic

Which of these quotes is the most meaningful to you?

Please share your thoughts about any of these quotes or about Earth Day. What are some things that you do to reduce, reuse, or recycle?

2 comments:

Dallas McPheeters, MEd. said...

One of my favorite college classes was entitled "Environmental Sociology." I discovered a renewed vision of the earth as our spaceship through time. From birth to death, we travel within this closed biosphere.

maralm4 said...

i love earth day i am going to turn my lights of for 1 min. have a good earth day. bye