"Let's face it: Earth is a cool place to live! Where else can you find banana slugs and elephants, Venus flytraps and sunny yellow daffodils, parched desert flats and ice-encrusted mountain peaks?There are many things we can do individually to help preserve our planet, some we all know about - using compact fluorescents, walking or riding a bike, turning down the thermostat in the winter and putting on a sweater - and some we may not have thought about from TreeHugger: How to Go Green
The Sierra Club saluted Earth Day 2006 with a nod toward the sun, the wind, the land, and solutions for taking better care of this planet we call home. That home is threatened by global warming, and unfortunately, the federal government isn't eager to do anything about it."
From the Sierra Club Earth Day main page.
These bizarre pictures from the US Government Earth Day website show President Bush rolling up his sleeves, pointing, smiling and posing with some people working on the environment. How strange to think our tax dollars can be used for that kind of propaganda given his administration's record in The Ungreening of America.
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