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Earth Day April 22nd

wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
in The potting shed
Today is Earth Day. Hopefully most gardeners are ahead of the curve when it comes to taking steps to help the environment but maybe there's something extra you can do today? Is anyone planning anything? Let us know what you did.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.

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  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    edited April 2023
    The squirrels that come in our garden seem only to dig holes. They have a habit of leaving the compost from pots, on the patio.

    If they could dig up, and remove from the garden, the bulbs that produce the Spanish bluebells, I'd forgive them - maybe even provide them with nuts. But no, they destroy the bulbs I wish to keep.

    Sigh!

    As for Earth Day, what is one SUPPOSED to do? 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It’s pouring with rain here today so it’s an inside day,  that in itself will be good surely.
    no cars on the road,  no one interfering with creatures or birds in the garden.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Bright sunshine here. Maybe I need to get out and do a litter pick before the rain spreads to us.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    edited April 2023
    rowlandscastle444 said:
    As for Earth Day, what is one SUPPOSED to do? 
    You don't really have to do anything on the day except plan ahead. It's really just about awareness and keeping people talking about how we're moving towards a more sustainable way of life. You might think you're doing enough and that's fine, so you could just use the day to appreciate what you're achieving. A bit of reflection in the garden does me the world of good. Maybe plan an evening where you read a book instead of watching TV. Even just talking about this on the forum counts for something.
    Otherwise the Big Give Green Match Fund is offering a lot of charities matched donations at the moment so you can give £5 to your local Wildlife Trust and they'll get £10. (Edit to say I gave the Gwent Wildlife Trust £10 and they ended up with £22.50 with the match and gift aid)



    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Thanks for the heads up about the Big Green Match Fund @wild edges

    This virtual exhibition from WWF is really powerful ...

    https://www.futureofnature.uk/

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Every day should be Earth Day if we know what's good for us :)
  • Nel_StaffsNel_Staffs Posts: 93
    Thank you for that link @Bee witched. A powerful and thought-provoking exhibition. 
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    The thing that amazes me with that WWF link is that this area used to be an industrial wasteland like a lot of other places in the UK. Now it's well on the way to recovery and has a diverse range of habitats but somehow we're apparently still worse off than we were when the rivers ran black with coal waste. :/  How do we keep getting things so wrong?
    I did my litter pick just before the rain got here. It's a route that I pick regularly and I thought was quite clean but I filled a bin bag and it was too heavy to carry home. I've also stacked up a few piles of stuff to collect tomorrow so I suspect I'll fill another bag then. The best part was that there has been a blue tarp stuck in the very top of an ash tree in the woods for over 10 years now and NRW have cut the tree down and I've finally been able to put the thing in the bin. One tiny upside to ash dieback but that tarp has been shedding tiny bits of plastic for years.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Bit more info on Earth Day.
    https://earthsky.org/earth/this-date-in-science-why-celebrate-earth-day-on-april-22/?mc_cid=7a32e3d296&mc_eid=UNIQID
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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