WE ARE THE CHILDREN...EARTH DAY

This was actually done for Earth Hour last month, but I missed it. However, I knew Earth Day was coming up, and decided to share it today. 

It comes from a wonderful website here:

https://www.wwf.org.uk/wales/streetart

and is a collaboration between WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), an artist, poetry workshops from Bardd Plant Cymru, Gruffudd Owen, and six pupils from Wales, all who came together for Earth Hour. You can read about this delightful group here. Their poems were painted on wall murals, and one in particular was my favorite. 

Where are the otters who play in the river

And the soil's bounty on the table;

We are the smile on care-worn faces

And the seagull heading for the horizon.

We are the children who nurture 

our planet's future.

~and another, a separate poem I found elsewhere~

For the future of children, we sow,  

In Earth's embrace, let kindness grow.  

Blue skies above, green fields below,  

A world to cherish, a life to bestow.  

From rivers that sing, to winds that hum,  

Each whisper of nature, a timeless drum.  

Let us nurture, protect, and become,  

Guardians of Earth, united as one.  

~Author Unknown ~

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Happy Earth Day

(This was pre-posted. I am still on a blog break with family visiting.  Please take good care of yourselves and have a continued great week. I look forward to catching up with you all when I get back.  Comments are off for today.)

HAPPY EARTH DAY

Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known."

~Carl Sagan~

November 9th, 1934 – December 20th, 1996

Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator.

HAPPY .....

"Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty.  The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all living creatures."

Gaylord Nelson

Founder of Earth Day

The history of Earth Day can be found at this link.

And if you haven't seen Jane Goodall on Google yet, I have embedded her video at the end of my post.  If you can't view the video, you can see it here at YouTube.

I have long admired this lady.  Back in my single days we shared the same surname.  I have always had a great love of animals, and in my youth I wished dearly that Jane and I were related.  I asked my father if we were.  His answer was no, but perhaps you are kindred spirits.  That's my connection.

Happy Earth Day Everyone.  Trying to do my part in my own small way.