I know something stinks, it’s our government. It is in need of reform, and Kamala Harris talks about reform a lot. We have to be flexible at times. It took time for Biden to be convinced to drop out of the race.
P45 is so dangerous and unfit to be president. He has spread so many dangerous lies that have hurt legal immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, and then lied about FEMA efforts over by you during the two hurricanes. The lies & misinformation have caused so much chaos and harm to US citizens, lies that he started & were repeated into a frenzy. He has 70 million people that believe anything he says. It’s a cult.
He has studied speeches by Hitler. This is documented in interviews with his wife in a documentary by PBS.
He refuses to debate a second time, he won’t go on 60 minutes, he won’t release his medical records.
He is talking about using the military on US citizens who oppose him, calling people vermin. Him and his people plan to dismantle the EPA, the Department of Education, take away free weather reports. Make abortion banned in the US, and replace loads of government employees with appointees of his choosing. He wants to handle our economy by imposing tariffs on imports that will cost everyday people a lot more money in daily life, and on, and on, and on. Not to mention the climate crisis. The world would see no help from the US on that front. He does not appear keen on solar and wind.
I totally understand being disgusted by the system, but that is not an excuse to take your hands off the wheel and run it into a ditch. The US is in trouble from inside, and that is the perfect climate for a takeover that could change our country for the WORSE. I urge you to choose to help elect the candidate that will work on reform and an Opportunity America, including a Green New Deal!
Please vote to save democracy. There is only one person up for this important job who will uphold democracy and work on the positive reform that we need with the people. Kamala is a career advocate for the people. She was raised by civil rights activists. The two choices could not be more different.
Earth Day is an inspiring time for many people! Here are a bunch of cool things we can do to pitch in and live more in harmony with our sweet planet.
Edible plants and natural cosmetics
Growing Aloe Vera and using it as a facial cosmetic is a fantastic way to take good care of your skin in a 100% natural way. When we produce our own cosmetics, we avoid the whole manufacturing/packaging/ shipping process and end up with a pure product.
Google lens makes identifying edible plants quick and easy. It’s amazing how many ARE edible. Lots of wild lettuce out there. Prickely Lettuce grows in the yard here and is delicious as an organic wild green. Another good one is Purslane, which is more dense and gelatinous. This website has an extensive index to help identify edible weeds/greens/ herbs that grow in our yards. It’s a good idea to learn to allow the wild plants to share the garden boxes with plants we grow on purpose for food.
Purslane grows wild in Southern California, and all over North America.
Check out this video that describes Purslane and how we can eat it.
It is incredibly empowering to be able to forage for wild food, not to mention a beautiful skill to have if you ever need it, one that can be developed on an ongoing basis.
This year, I made citrus tea and snacked on these edible citrus blossoms.
Each year, citrus trees bloom with the most fragrant flowers. Citrus blossoms are a special luxurious culinary ingredient to enjoy for once they start blooming in Spring. These edible flowers make incredible culinary ingredients and garnishes. If you are in a place where this happens, try making tea with them, the little flowers are really yummy and fun to garnish meals with.
Collecting Rainwater
Stockpiling rain not only helps alleviate potential flooding during the rainy seasons, but also is great for watering all the garden and trees growing on one’s property.
This young peach tree has been watered exclusively with collected rainwater all year so far!
Nature Documentaries
There’s a lot of awareness developing in the field of keeping the planet healthy, and understanding the relationship between all living things coexisting in our sweet planet home, and its natural systems. Check out Our Living World on Netflix–stunning footage of the epic beauty of Earth’s natural landscapes and biodiversity.
The wild world is savage indeed and getting to see how all the different players inter-relate is so helpful in developing a wholistic picture of the circle of life and how its vital components all fit together in keeping our planet pure and beautiful. Shows like Our Living World are helping to raise awareness in developing the necessary respect for what our planet needs to remain habitable for everyone.
Planet Earth is so infinitely rich with resources, everything we need to stay healthy. That’s why the rainforests are so essential to keep in tact. Organizations like Rainforest Action Network, and World Wildlife Fund do a great job of advocating for the health and protection of our forests and building sustainable minded community folk.
Animal rescues and personality stories like The Dodo to help spread awareness about treating animals kindly and with dignity and helping them whenever we can, and advocating for their well-being and making it a priority! These stories are gold. Animals are such beautiful little souls and shining the spotlight on people who help them to have good lives and care is a movement that is warming the heart of the world.
Reusing & Reducing Packaging
Another fantastic way to conserve resources is to reuse packaging in creative ways!
Let’s hear everyone’s ideas. This is something really worth applying our creativity toward!
Let’s make it more and more popular! We can shop the bulk bins and refill our containers of rice, chocolate chips, flours, beans & all things bulk.
Let’s celebrate not taking things that we know we are going to throw away in half an hour. Let’s respect our planet home that is so good to us and keep it clean and respect its resources that are harvested to make bags that get thrown away so soon. Let’s bring our own bags, and bottles, and cups, and utensils. Let’s move away from the unsustainable/lazy/shortsighted lifestyle of creating so much trash everyday with togo food containers. Let’s really drill the images of MICRO-PLASTICS in our bodies, micro plastics start as macro-plastics. Let’s work collectively to reject plastic wrapping and phase micro plastics in our bodies, and all around OUT already.
Let’s remember to ASK before just bagging things for folks, I think we can all agree that the days of just plastic bagging are becoming part of history! I know it’s a hard habit to break, and it can give our hands something to do to avoid feeling awkward at the checkout, but let’s get uncomforable, what have we got to lose? Let’s be creative about how to get items transported safely. Let’s stop making so much trash while it’s our choice and we’re not forced to. We just have to be AWARE.
I try to remind myself that Everyday is Earth Day, and live it like a mindset.
All photography by: Anna Thoreau courtesy of Aesdiopod Designs @aesdiopod