Earth Day

What did you do to celebrate Earth Day?

Some people do nothing and treat it as a normal day. Others advocate the importance of respecting our planet and keeping it eco-friendly. How would we do so? There are many ways to support our Earth, such as encouraging peers to collect plastic bottles in school, riding your bike, taking shorter showers, keeping lights off as much as possible, unplugging all electronics or power systems when not in use and even gathering friends to pick up trash around your neighborhood! All these ideas, and more of your own, can be simple ways to take care of our planet.

When I asked my friend what he does to take care of the Earth, he could not respond. But when I asked him how he would celebrate Earth Day, he jokingly responded by saying he would plant a tree. So then I thought to myself, Why can’t he do this? The true answer is laziness! So many young people don’t appreciate all the luxuries we have, growing up in clean and well-preserved societies. Enough people are not educated about the plight of plants, animals and our planet.

Instead of saying you wish you could help, actually do something! Nobody is stopping you but yourself. So instead of sitting at home, watching TV or playing video games, get up and do something for our Earth. Why? Because every day is Earth Day.