Earth Day – 40th Anniversary

April 22nd, 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the annual celebration of Earth Day!  In honor of this occasion, the JPIC Office will be hosting an Earth Day prayer and presentation at Our Lady of the Angels in Wheaton on Tuesday, April 20th at 10am and again at 2pm.  Everyone is welcome.

If you can’t join us in Wheaton – consider some of the following ways to mark the occasion yourself…

Visit Earth Day Network – a network of Earth Day events and activities.  Earth Day Network was founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Our mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. We pursue our mission through a combination of education, public policy, and activism campaigns.

Send an Earth Day e-card to your friends and family, courtesy of CatholicGreetings.org

P&G Future Friendly Challenge….Help prove that little changes can make a big impact by signing up for the Future Friendly Challenge. Choose one of four simple behaviors that help reduce energy, water or waste in your home and commit to this action for the next 90 days.

1) Get Informed  2) Interact 3) Take Action  at  TreeHugger.Com. Calculate how much carbon you can save using the “Climate Culture Calculator”; review the “Best of Green 2010” – the best green products, companies and more; read the series “How to go Green…” a series of articles for greening your life at work, home and play.