Earth Day 2015

" A thing is right when it tends to preserve the
integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic
community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."

- Aldo Leopold, author, scientist, forester, ecologist, conservationist and environmentalist. Born in Iowa, he spend most of his life in Wisconsin.

recycle. conserve. don't litter, take a walk or

hike. swim in the ocean. enjoy the outdoors. turn

the lights off. plant a tree. or a vegetable garden.

or a flower garden. carpool. start a compost pile.

buy local. go "green". tell the kids to get off the

internet/stop watching so much TV and get off their

asses. reduce water consumption. check your tire

pressure. drive slower. go camping and sleep out

under the stars. go with compact fluorescent bulbs.

stop taking up space. do something.

Earth Day was founded by Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin senator and governor. This video was shot in Avoca, WI 2015.

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People of Earth: Wake up!

An opinion piece in the Thursday, June 9 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman left me thinking, "WHEN is it too late to right this ship - the ship called Earth?".

Overpopulated, oversaturated, depleting, deteriorating, high gas prices, high food prices, civil conflict, waste, want, blah-bity, blah, blah, blah, etc. Many give these issues little consideration. We live in the here and now. "Not in my lifetime", as the old adage says. I know - global warming. I'm on the fence with that one. But consider this:  with all the crap humanity is desposing off into and on Mother Earth...well, that can't help her, can it? Mother Earth?

What about the lifetimes of the future peoples of this planet? Consider what we eat - food shortages, chemicals pumped into everything from soybeans to cattle and the like, you can't eat this now 'cause it contains this crap that'll make you grow goat hooves. What will Earth's inhabitants eat in the future, for example? The moon?

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What Jeff Ircink thinks about Global Warming.

My cousin Scott started a new blog - This Is My World. Here's a recent post concerning his views on global warming.

He asked me what I thought about global warming. I said it seems to be a partisan issue - Democrats believe in it. Republicans don't. Imagine that. Hmmm. Read this teeny-tiny excerpt from my play, "Stan's Addiction" (2004 Heuer Publishing Co.):

STU
(His head in the paper.)
Paper says it’s supposed to be hot the rest of the week into next week.

PATRICK
(His head in the paper, fiddling with a pencil. Matter-of-factly.)
Hard work - being a weatherman. Stick your head out the window and say, ‘it’s hot’, ‘it’s cold’, ‘it’s raining’, ‘it’s snowing’. Stick your head out the window every ten minutes for your updates, and there you go – you’re a weatherman.

STU
I think there’s a little more to it then that, Patrick.

Is there, "Stu"? In a roundabout way, I sort of think like "Patrick".

I believe in treating this planet with respect. I believe in not littering and that recycling is good. I believe that it's almost certain that the pollutants from cars and manufacturers isn't good for the environment like I believe that smoking isn't good for your lungs. I believe the more trees we plant the better - that we should replace what we reap. I believe that man should not live by development alone. I believe the earth's climate changes and what we do affects the climate - to a degree.

That being said, how am I supposed to believe global warming proponents when they predict that specific actions by mankind TODAY will have THIS EFFECT or THAT EFFECT on the earth 25, 50, 100 or 200 years from now if weathermen can't get the weather forecast right for tomorrow?

Anyone? Buehler?

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Earth Day

Since 1970...still trying to Save the Earth! And by the way, Earth Day was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, my native state.

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