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Earth Day is today – happy Earth Day everyone. Today, April 22, is the official day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the environment.
There is even a flag to commemorate the day.
Earth Day was founded 40 years ago by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson and is now observed all over the world. Many communities celebrate Earth Week with a week of environment-related activities. This started out small but has become big — bigger than anyone anticipated.
Nelson said: “Earth Day worked because of the spontaneous response at the grassroots level. We had neither the time nor resources to organize 20 million demonstrators and the thousands of schools and local communities that participated. That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day. It organized itself.”
Stimulus money is now being offered for installing alternative energy sources in homes and businesses, updating to more environmentally friendly appliances and other actions. Check your state for details about the tax rebates that are available. This makes it more affordable to save energy and over the long term will keep costs down.
Part of celebrating Earth Day is about education – letting people know what they can do to preserve resources. We believe in recycling. We took a waste product — tires and have kept them out of landfills. Rubber Mulch is a unique rubber granule formulated of 100% recycled tire rubber, and has a multitude of uses! It is now used as playground safety surfacing, landscape mulch, and arena footing. Rubber mulch is secure, resilient, and virtually indestructible. It’s also part of looking at a long-term solution.
Go green this Earth Day – support recycled products, reduce consumption and get educated on other ways to celebrate and participate in this day!
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