Celebrate Earth Day

Protecting Earth

April 22 is Earth Day. “Earth Day and every day is a time to act to protect our planet,” according to Earthday.gov. Check out Earthday.gov to find ways you can think globally and act locally to help the environment. Share your ideas for helping protect the environment here at the NIE Blogging Zone. For more topics about the environment, click on the "2009 Recycling" category on the left side of the page.

Comments

[lee largo high school 10th]

EARTH DAY.....Earth day could be an important day to alot of people on this planet we call earth,we could do alot of diffrent things to help the earth instead of destroying it like recycle,pick up litter and keep your envornment clean thats what I think of earth day so everyone work together and help planet Earth

['Airah 10,LHS]

One day for Earth Day is not enough, but of course, not every other day should be.(or presenting the name "Earth Day") Still, WE should feel like it's Earth Day. ( saving the world everyday... not literally) Every little piece of trash, every drop of water, 1 volt of electricity ALL COUNTS as tiring our sweet old Mother Earth. The Old Lady don't need pity, she just needs her "children" to clean up their "room." So, if you see something, only you can see it and you can only help it.
Save. Recycle. Care. Love. Live. Life.
~OUR MOTHER EARTH~

[steven]

we really should do more than just have one day of earth day.we should plant more trees

[Eric C]

I think we should all do our part and protect the environment. It really isn't that hard. You could conserve water, recycle, and use energy saving products. We all need to go green because today's actions affect our future.

[julia]

Today, Earth day, is the most well interactive day of the year. Something’s that you could do is act like earth day is everyday and follow a few tips I have to save our planet. You can recycle and save your water. As simple as taking a short shower instead of a long shower, another one is while you brush your teeth you could turn off the water and you can take it from there. Paper, plastic, and cans can all be recycled. You can keep our earth eco friendly and d your part to do all you can.

[Brianna B]

Here are a few things that you should do just like me to help the earth not only on earth day, but on everyday! The first thing you can do when you wake up and take a bath; take a short shower instead and by taking a shower you will be saving a lot more water. Then when you change your cloths and put them in the washer make sure that you don't start the washer untill it is completly full so you save even more water. Throughout the day some simple ways you can keep the Earth clean is by throwing all your trash in the garbage and recyle everything you possibly can. Always stop litering! Finally when you go home and eat dinner make sure you clean your dishes with as less water as you can and if you have a dishwasher just like a washer, don't start it untill it's completly full with all dishes. These are a few things you can do throughout your day, everyday to help save our earth from dieing.

[Ajanee R]

you should help protect the earth.If you want to stay alive.The way the earth turn out to be in the furture is up it you

[Harley]

I thiknk every day you should help the environment because it's a good thing to do for the environment and and you should feel good doing this because the police don't have to go around and pick up litter or see garbage on the ground. You should always save water, reuse, recycle, reduce, don't waste so much electricity, and plant more trees. Saving the Earth is wonderful and a good way to get yourself some credit.

[sanela]

Earth is the only planet able to support life that we know of. Having said that if there was no Earth where else would we live? This is why it is crucial that we all do our part in protecting the planet. I like how this talks about a website you can visit if you are ionterested in helping the Earth.

[Ajanee Ransom]

you should always help the Earth you live on.If you want to stay live you should help protect it

[Nick C]

Earth Day is a very important day to us humans. I think that peopole will need to participate this year better than ever. This is because we are already running out of water and our foerests are being burned and poached each moment. STAY STRONG!

[Taylor Bourget]

i think we should try and save our earth. the water issue is not going ot get any better if we keep wasting our water. i think we all should atleast just try to save water and our earth

[Collin]

I think ever little bit helps to improve our enviornment. Even just recycling instead of trowing away plastic bottles helps. It's extremely easy, and doesn't take a lot of time. The enviornment might not be terrible now, but it WILL affect our children's enviornment, and our children's children's enviornment.

[Kristin]

The Earth. It's the planet that God put us on. He could have very easily put us on Mars or Neptune, but He didn't. Earth Day is something that I think everyone should take seriously. I think this because if we keep destroying our planet, what's going to happen when all the trees are gone or we have no more fossil fuels? The Earth is going to turn into a living hell for all of the animals and humans left on the planet. Earth Day is a day where everyone turns off the lights and plants a tree and trys to conserve as much water as possible. But if after all that hard work, the very next day we cut down 1,000 or more trees, then what was the point. Not only are we harming ourselfs, but wwe are also putting in danger all the other living creatures on this planet. The Animals. Think about if you were a helpless little animal that couldn't talk or share your thoughts and everyday some big human came and cut down the tree you and your family just settled in to. You probably wouldn't be very happy. So, if you don't want to think about the Earth on Earth Day, at least think about the animals that might be getting harmed because of our selfishness in thinking that we own everything on God's green Earth. This Earth day try to do as much as you can to help the planet and the animals. Trust me, you will not only feel better about yourself, it will pay off in the end.

[Emily]

People think that the Earth is ever lasting and that it will be there forever. At the rate it's going, we'll be lucky if the Earth will last another century. WE've burried ourselves in technolodgy and fast food and we cant get off the couch. If we dont act soon our world will be done for! I dont know if our planet was made by a god or an atom splitting, but however it was made Earth is fragil and needs to be taken care of. It's our fault the world is like this and it needs to be stopped. Those days on the beach or at the skilodge will be gone forever. There wont be birds in the sky, fish in the sea, or horses running through feilds. There will be rock and sand and the heat. Get off the couch and Recycle baby!

[Kathryn]

It's amazing how even now, when the risks are well known, and plainly stated, people do nothing to save our environment. Yes, we are making some steps forward, but when you see brand new Hummers rolling down our streets, you can't help but think that the general public is blind. If we have anything, we have our earth. Unlike most of our material possessions, the earth doesn't come back. We need to do what we can; plant trees, buy smaller cares, use recycled materials. Recycled. Anything we can do to help is good.

[Earth Helper]

I am strongly involved in helping to make the planet a better place to live. I hope everyone can try to make a positive impact on the earth and continue to actively participate in saving our planet. Happy Earth Day everyone!

[skye]

are earth is very important it is where we live and the only place human beings can live. Therefor we should take great mesures to protect are world,but we don't. many people take are natural resources for granted. We should many of these resources are limeted and will run out shortly. in 20yrs half of are oil supply will be gone. in 200yrs there will be no more oil to fuel your cars. 1 day out of the year isn't going to cut it, earth day needs to be eveyday.

[Earth Helper]

I am deeply involved in helping make the planet a better place to live. I'm looking forward to Earth Day to help spread awareness and get people to actively help the planet. I hope everyone can participate and challenge themselves to make a difference. Happy Earth Day everyone!

[kuzco]

every day is a day to help the environment and live green. we should all recycle and do clean up projects. now more throwing things out the window as your driving. o and don't forget to turn off the lights on earth day!!!!!