Anyway, thanks for the comments.
Steve

I saw in the press today that Bush has asked for another $70 BILLION for the war in Iraq - wonder how many mouths that would feed, penelope?

Can never have too many trees, Susan! ;-) But, yes, it’d do kids good if one day a week they had no electricity so they had to entertain themselves by using their brains for mental exercise or a ball for physical exercise.

Melissa - I saw someone slag off Joss Stone (British singer) for that very thing today. If we all made tiny concerted efforts it would make a world of difference.

Terrie… Well, that’s SOME comment! All very valid points. Maybe hitting bottom is what we really need as a species. Maybe that’s really what it will take before we learn our lesson. It would be horrific, but Mankind, if it survived, would come out stronger and healthier for it. Unfortunately it wouldn’t only be us who suffered - everything on the planet would, too. Maybe that’s the next evolutionary step for us.

Pleased you enjoyed it, Liz. Thanks for the support.

Glad you enjoyed the post, guys. Always good to hear from you.
Steve

Also if we all not only the billionares emptied our bank balances and flogged our goods and took seriously that stuff about giving all our goods to the poor and following him.

I do not see either of these things happening certainly not overnight.

That there are idiots and irresponsible greedy people programmed by advertising and peer pressure and the American way of life to do these things you complain of cannot be denied.

At least if they were contributing as much to charity as some governments (I mention no Names) ie one percent - it is a small thing but a contribution which could mount up.

We the butterfly collectors of care2 do not it seems to me do well to slag anything that is a move in the right direction however miniscule.

Enjoyed your blog. I agree with you. Earth Day did pass with very little notice and that’s too bad. I guess some of us do care and are doing what we can. I planted a few trees in my yard, which at the rate I’m going, will soon be overgrown with trees. We’ve let our “lawn” return to the natural grasses, etc. that belong in what was once the field where our house is build. I’m tempted to spout “We Shall Overcome” if we keep trying to open people’s eyes.

Perhaps it will take the power being knocked out for several days for people to learn how to get along without electricity and X-boxes once again, but I fear they would not know what to do to entertain themselves, as even the children seem to have lost the ability to do that. A sad situation in an ever increasing sad news world!