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May 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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End of Earth Month:
“Let’s move forward with love, not conquest; humility, not righteousness; generous curiosity, not hardened assumptions.... Let’s proceed with broken-open hearts, seeking truth, summoning courage, and focused on solutions.”
— Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson
“Let’s move forward with love, not conquest; humility, not righteousness; generous curiosity, not hardened assumptions.... Let’s proceed with broken-open hearts, seeking truth, summoning courage, and focused on solutions.”
— Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson
April 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
End of Earth Month:
“Let’s move forward with love, not conquest; humility, not righteousness; generous curiosity, not hardened assumptions.... Let’s proceed with broken-open hearts, seeking truth, summoning courage, and focused on solutions.”
— Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson
“Let’s move forward with love, not conquest; humility, not righteousness; generous curiosity, not hardened assumptions.... Let’s proceed with broken-open hearts, seeking truth, summoning courage, and focused on solutions.”
— Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson
Day 29 of Earth Month.
“What if… the story we tell about climate change is that it is an opportunity? One for humans to repair our relationship with the Earth and reenvision our societies in ways that are not just in keeping with our ecosystems but also make our lives better?”
—Kendra Pierre-Louis
“What if… the story we tell about climate change is that it is an opportunity? One for humans to repair our relationship with the Earth and reenvision our societies in ways that are not just in keeping with our ecosystems but also make our lives better?”
—Kendra Pierre-Louis
April 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Day 29 of Earth Month.
“What if… the story we tell about climate change is that it is an opportunity? One for humans to repair our relationship with the Earth and reenvision our societies in ways that are not just in keeping with our ecosystems but also make our lives better?”
—Kendra Pierre-Louis
“What if… the story we tell about climate change is that it is an opportunity? One for humans to repair our relationship with the Earth and reenvision our societies in ways that are not just in keeping with our ecosystems but also make our lives better?”
—Kendra Pierre-Louis
Day twenty-eight of my Earth Month challenge.
"We stand now where two roads diverge.... The [current] road is deceptively easy... but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road offers our last chance to [achieve] the preservation of our earth…."
- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
"We stand now where two roads diverge.... The [current] road is deceptively easy... but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road offers our last chance to [achieve] the preservation of our earth…."
- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Day twenty-eight of my Earth Month challenge.
"We stand now where two roads diverge.... The [current] road is deceptively easy... but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road offers our last chance to [achieve] the preservation of our earth…."
- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
"We stand now where two roads diverge.... The [current] road is deceptively easy... but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road offers our last chance to [achieve] the preservation of our earth…."
- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Day twenty-seven of my Earth Month challenge.
“Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.”
— Walt Whitman
“Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.”
— Walt Whitman
April 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Day twenty-seven of my Earth Month challenge.
“Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.”
— Walt Whitman
“Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.”
— Walt Whitman
Day twenty-six of my Earth Month challenge.
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.” – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.” – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
April 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Day twenty-six of my Earth Month challenge.
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.” – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.” – Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Day twenty-five of my Earth Month challenge - photo from Iceland.
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
— Sir John Lubbock
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
— Sir John Lubbock
April 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Day twenty-five of my Earth Month challenge - photo from Iceland.
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
— Sir John Lubbock
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
— Sir John Lubbock
Day twenty-four of my Earth Month challenge - rock from Sentinel Mountain in Baxter State Park.
“Nature is the source of all true knowledge.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Nature is the source of all true knowledge.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
April 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Day twenty-four of my Earth Month challenge - rock from Sentinel Mountain in Baxter State Park.
“Nature is the source of all true knowledge.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Nature is the source of all true knowledge.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
Day twenty-three of my Earth Month challenge.
“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
— Jane Austen
“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
— Jane Austen
April 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Day twenty-three of my Earth Month challenge.
“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
— Jane Austen
“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
— Jane Austen
Day twenty-two of my Earth Month challenge.
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
— Aristotle
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
— Aristotle
April 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Day twenty-two of my Earth Month challenge.
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
— Aristotle
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
— Aristotle
Day twenty-one of my Earth Month challenge - photo from Iceland.
“Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find.” – Terry Tempest Williams
“Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find.” – Terry Tempest Williams
April 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Day twenty-one of my Earth Month challenge - photo from Iceland.
“Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find.” – Terry Tempest Williams
“Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find.” – Terry Tempest Williams
Day twenty of my Earth Month challenge - this is from Alaska.
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
April 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Day twenty of my Earth Month challenge - this is from Alaska.
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Day nineteen of my Earth Month challenge.
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”
— Jo Walton
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”
— Jo Walton
April 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Day nineteen of my Earth Month challenge.
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”
— Jo Walton
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”
— Jo Walton
Day eighteen of my Earth Month challenge - Arthur's Pass in Ireland.
“Mountains know secrets we need to learn. That it might take time, it might be hard, but if you just hold on long enough, you will find strength to rise up.”
— Tyler Knott
“Mountains know secrets we need to learn. That it might take time, it might be hard, but if you just hold on long enough, you will find strength to rise up.”
— Tyler Knott
April 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Day eighteen of my Earth Month challenge - Arthur's Pass in Ireland.
“Mountains know secrets we need to learn. That it might take time, it might be hard, but if you just hold on long enough, you will find strength to rise up.”
— Tyler Knott
“Mountains know secrets we need to learn. That it might take time, it might be hard, but if you just hold on long enough, you will find strength to rise up.”
— Tyler Knott
Day seventeen of my Earth Month challenge - photo of Denali.
“There is nothing so American as our national parks… The fundamental idea behind the parks… is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
“There is nothing so American as our national parks… The fundamental idea behind the parks… is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
April 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Day seventeen of my Earth Month challenge - photo of Denali.
“There is nothing so American as our national parks… The fundamental idea behind the parks… is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
“There is nothing so American as our national parks… The fundamental idea behind the parks… is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Day sixteen of my Earth Month challenge – photo from Acadia National Park.
“Within National Parks is room — glorious room — room in which to find ourselves, in which to think and hope, to dream and plan, to rest and resolve.”
— Enos Mills
“Within National Parks is room — glorious room — room in which to find ourselves, in which to think and hope, to dream and plan, to rest and resolve.”
— Enos Mills
April 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Day sixteen of my Earth Month challenge – photo from Acadia National Park.
“Within National Parks is room — glorious room — room in which to find ourselves, in which to think and hope, to dream and plan, to rest and resolve.”
— Enos Mills
“Within National Parks is room — glorious room — room in which to find ourselves, in which to think and hope, to dream and plan, to rest and resolve.”
— Enos Mills
Day fifteen of my Earth Month challenge - tree and rock at Baxter State Park.
“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
April 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Day fifteen of my Earth Month challenge - tree and rock at Baxter State Park.
“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Day fourteen of my Earth Month challenge.
“We fight for what we love. If we can fall in love with nature more, we’re going to be even more equipped to fight for it and to advocate for it.”
— Pattie Gonia
“We fight for what we love. If we can fall in love with nature more, we’re going to be even more equipped to fight for it and to advocate for it.”
— Pattie Gonia
April 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Day fourteen of my Earth Month challenge.
“We fight for what we love. If we can fall in love with nature more, we’re going to be even more equipped to fight for it and to advocate for it.”
— Pattie Gonia
“We fight for what we love. If we can fall in love with nature more, we’re going to be even more equipped to fight for it and to advocate for it.”
— Pattie Gonia
Day thirteen of my Earth Month challenge.
“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.”
— Lois Lowry
“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.”
— Lois Lowry
April 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Day thirteen of my Earth Month challenge.
“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.”
— Lois Lowry
“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.”
— Lois Lowry
Day twelve of my Earth Month challenge.
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” – Anne Frank
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” – Anne Frank
April 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Day twelve of my Earth Month challenge.
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” – Anne Frank
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” – Anne Frank
Day eleven of my Earth Month challenge.
“It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.”
— Barbara Kingsolver
“It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.”
— Barbara Kingsolver
April 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Day eleven of my Earth Month challenge.
“It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.”
— Barbara Kingsolver
“It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.”
— Barbara Kingsolver
Day ten of my Earth Month challenge - El Capitan at Yosemite.
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery — air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’”
— Sylvia Plath
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery — air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’”
— Sylvia Plath
April 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Day ten of my Earth Month challenge - El Capitan at Yosemite.
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery — air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’”
— Sylvia Plath
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery — air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’”
— Sylvia Plath
Day nine of my Earth Month challenge - photo from Yosemite National Park.
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”
— John Burroughs
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”
— John Burroughs
April 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Day nine of my Earth Month challenge - photo from Yosemite National Park.
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”
— John Burroughs
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”
— John Burroughs
Day eight of my Earth Month challenge.
“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.”
— Andy Warhol
“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.”
— Andy Warhol
April 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Day eight of my Earth Month challenge.
“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.”
— Andy Warhol
“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.”
— Andy Warhol
Day seven of my Earth Month challenge - photo from the Grand Canyon.
“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.”
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.”
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
April 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Day seven of my Earth Month challenge - photo from the Grand Canyon.
“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.”
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.”
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross