nPostednon September 19, 2014
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n(Third weekend in September)
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nInremember a very important thing to me was seeing the Earthnfrom another world—the moon—for the first time, at the same time that everyone else in the world saw that same sight for the first time. I think a lot ofnpeople realized with a pang just how beautiful and singular andnfragile our one world really is. I think a lot of us realized hownridiculous it would be to ruin the only world we can comfortablynlive on.
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nAndnyet…
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n…Wenwant to have air conditioners and cars, refrigerators and swimmingnpools. We want to make and buy computers and books, cell phones andnsurfboards. Many of us want to eat steaks or bacon, and we want toneat fruit and chocolate from all over the world.
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nAndnwith all that wanting and making, buying and selling, having andnhaving and more having, we end up polluting the air, soil, and water, and we end upncutting down too much of this and growing too much of that, pavingntoo much here and allowing plants and animals to die out there.
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Thisnweekend is all about rolling up your sleeves and doing your part tonhelp clean up humanity’s messes. Let it be a jump-off place to doingnongoing environmental action—look for ways to save energy EVERYnweek and weekend, say, and consider making a small donation EVERYnmonth to a wildlife fund.
Thisnweekend is all about rolling up your sleeves and doing your part tonhelp clean up humanity’s messes. Let it be a jump-off place to doingnongoing environmental action—look for ways to save energy EVERYnweek and weekend, say, and consider making a small donation EVERYnmonth to a wildlife fund.n
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nCheckn out the official Clean Up the World Weekend website.
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nFindn a worthy environmental cause to donate to…maybe a local group? Youn can find out how charities stack up by investigating them on Charity Navigator.n
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nCheckn out the ideas at PBS Kids.n
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nAlsonon this date:
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Talk Like a Pirate Day
Talk Like a Pirate Dayn
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nSt.nKitts and Nevis Independence Day
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nChocolatiernGeorge Cadbury’s birthday
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nPark(ing)nDay
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nSeptembern holidays
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nSeptembern birthdays
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- Historicaln anniversaries in September
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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