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The old button from the Environmental Club days which I just happened to find on Earth Day! It is a little beat up (particularly the ends of the ribbon), but no worse for the wear, I think. And it is one of the few items that I have left from those days, so it carries a lot of great memories for me! Nothing Changes Until You Do!
Here is a picture of a very similar logo, with the same message, that was on the t-shirt that I purchased from the BCC Environmental Club and, if memory serves me correctly, may even have helped to make. There were a few projects like that which club members, myself included, were regularly involved with. It has been so long, however, that I no longer recall specifically if I actually helped to make these or not, although I do believe so, since I remember seeing the process of the t-shirts being dyed. In any case, I loved this t-shirt, and have kept it ever since, even if I do not regularly wear it. Since it was part of my experience with the BCC Environmental Club days, as well as more generally having an environmental theme, it seemed appropriate to share it here.
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."
~Mahatma Gandhi
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
~John F. Kennedy
Yesterday was the spring equinox, specifically at 23:06 EST (11:06PM). So that means that winter has finally yielded to the more moderate winds of the spring season.
When I was younger, I hardly ever paid attention to the first day of spring, or the Vernal Equinox. It was only once a member of the Environmental Club at Bergen Community College back in 1993 mentioned something that I began to truly pay attention, and understand the significance of it, truly. These days, I enjoy this unofficial holiday, celebrating the arrival of this season.
Spring is, of course, the season of new life. Soon, the grass and leaves on the trees will be bright green, and vegetation will bloom. Duck and geese will have marching little chicks behind them, and new life will be in evidence everywhere.
This was a bizarre winter that we had once again. It was incredibly mild for most of the winter, with little spurts of winter cold and snowstorms scattered, mostly during the first half of the winter. Again, this feels like it reinforces the reality of climate change, because this just was not normal.
Many winters in the past were far more punishing. It appears that this trend is changing due to climate change. Still, winter is a time of shorter daylight and cold weather. Many people feel it drags on, and most of us are more than ready once spring finally rolls around.
Indeed, winter can produce a great degree of stress and annoyances, which is why the spring equinox in particular always feels especially welcome. The rigors and annoyances of the winter at least can make you appreciate the mildness of the warmer spring season, when the arrival of the next winter season is still as far away as one can get.
And so, I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge this wonderful, natural event. It is perhaps not a holiday, although we will have Earth Day soon. But right now, we should feel good about the arrival of the season of life.
Today was the first full day of spring officially in the northern hemisphere. So even though this comes a day late - and technically not late at all for all the time zones west of the Eastern Standard Time Zone - it seemed worth posting about it.
Not sure about anywhere else. But here in northern New Jersey, it feels like we went back to winter a little bit in recent days.
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