This year marks the 39th anniversary of Earth Day. Celebrated on different days by different nations, (the UN officially celebrates on March 21st), Earth Day has reportedly become “the largest secular holiday in the world”, according to Earth Day Network, with no boundaries as to creed or religion. I wonder if Senator Gaylord Nelson ever envisioned such a mass embracement.
There is good reason to celebrate. Our one, tiny universe is home to an estimated 100 billion galaxies. In all our years studying these galaxies whether it be with refractive telescopes, infrared or radio waves, we have not yet found anything comparative to our beautiful blue planet.
Are we a result of a quantum fluctuation? Are we divinely crafted? Does it matter?
All we really know is this…
there is no place like home.
Would you like to help astronomers classify galaxies. If so, log onto Galaxy Zoo. Take their How To tutorial, create a log in account and spend your free time exploring space. https://www.galaxyzoo.org/
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Have a few minutes? Send an ecard, sign a petition or read the latest Enews at Care 2 http://www.care2.com/
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A Ponderance of Things 
May 2, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Ahhh. Earth Day. Let’s go go green. Defeat Global Warming. It certainly is a such a noble idea. I am very skeptical about all that stuff and I have a tainted opinion of the most recent Nobel Peace Prize winner as he jets around to promote the inconvenience of truth. (Don’t go there steve) My opinion of the UN is not any better. (shhh-quit it)
You have focused on a different aspect, an appealing aspect, the divine aspect of Earth Day and how small we really might be in the true big picture.
I do not know Senator Nelson, so perhaps you could shine some light on that part for me. I heard that only 30% of the population can name their state senators. I at least can do that. I really like the direction you took in this entry.
May 4, 2009 at 11:49 am
Senator Gaylor Nelson from Wisconsin announced in September of 1969 that there would be a grassroots demonstration on the environment the following Sprin, April 22nd to be exact. This is the Earth Day we know today. There were other proposals in 1969 for global celebrations to be held on the Equinox but Gaylord is the one most often referenced.