Happy Earth Day 2009

Today is the 39th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day was created to inspire awareness and appreciation our planet and Earth’s environment. It was originally founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970. Earth Day is celebrated in many countries every year. 
Earth Day is an important day to our planet. 
Earth Day should be practiced every day.
We are. We have made the decision to buy only products that are Earth Friendy. We already recycle, but realized this isn’t enough. The plastic water bottles have long disappeared from our lives, but there are so many other products that are marketed in plastic. We don’t want to be part of the problem, we want to be part of the solution. So, we have decided to stop buying products that are packaged in plastic as much as possible. This is a tough assignment, but if you look around, there are other options to many products. For example, you can buy lemon juice in a plastic bottle, or go to a natural food store and get it in a glass bottle. It may cost more in the bottle, but isn’t the future of our Earth worth it. 
Today in honor of Earth Day 2009, we will plant an Austrian Pine tree that was donated by Western Maine Nurseries in Fryeburg, Maine.  They donated 50 Austrian Pine tree seedlings to our Effingham Earth Day Celebrations that are planned for Saturday, April 25.
It may be just a small step in making this a better planet, but it is a step just the same.