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I had forgotten about this day coming each April 22nd and I don’t think I realized this was an International day, which was established by the United Nations in 2009 to recognize that "the Earth and its ecosystems are our home" and that "it is necessary to promote harmony with nature and the Earth."

Have you ever participated in a MotherEarth day event?
Have you modified any of your habits in ways to reduce harm to our ecosystem?
 
Have you ever participated in a MotherEarth day event? I remember that we went to the first Earth Day celebration in Phoenix in 2009. I’m sure I don’t recall that it was the first of its kind. I don't think I have attended a formal celebration since then.

Have you modified any of your habits in ways to reduce harm to our ecosystem? I do try and by items with more eco friendly packaging, I don't poison the varmints that raid my basil because that would harm their native predators which I like. I add to my recycle bin weekly. I'm not sure I can fully count all of the ways I try to be a good human in this ecosystem.
 
Have you ever participated in a MotherEarth day event?
Not that I can recall

Have you modified any of your habits in ways to reduce harm to our ecosystem?
I recycle paper and cardboard.
 
I hadn't heard of MotherEarth Day but we have Earth Day every April and I've done things for that, particularly with students. I'm a long-time recycler, going back all the way into the early 90's (maybe even late 80's) when the community where I grew up in San Diego distributed recycle bins to all households. They were little green plastic boxes, designed to be the length and width of a folded newspaper and about 18 inches tall. We could toss bottles and cans in there in addition to the newspapers. The recycle bin my current community uses is much larger and I placed it conveniently -- lid propped open -- right outside the door from our kitchen to our garage, one step further from the kitchen trash bin and I've trained my family to recycle.
I also switched from plastic storage containers in the kitchen to glass jars nearly twenty years ago, I stopped buying plastic water bottles around that time, and I always think before throwing stuff away (Is there a way to re-use it?).

Also, I have been contributing monthly (like a subscription) to Planet Wild, which is an organization that uses subscribers' donations to fund earth-friendly projects around the world, a different project every month, which the subscribers can vote on. I learned about it from a few of the science channels I watch on YouTube. https://planetwild.com/
 
Have you ever participated in a MotherEarth day event?
Not that I know of

Have you modified any of your habits in ways to reduce harm to our ecosystem?
To be honest I've been doing these for years. Some of the things I've done are
  • Recycling - all of the normal ones plus soft plastic
  • Eating leftovers/repurposing them regularly (I actually participated in a competition last month called Leftover Legends to be in to win 2 years of free grocery vouchers...didn't win, but it was fun)
  • Use public transport regularly
  • Borrow books & magazines from the library
  • Shop secondhand first
  • Use a reusable waterbottle & keep cup as well as carry a set of reusable cutlery with me
 
Have you ever participated in a MotherEarth day event? No. I'm not a big event-goer, especially since becoming a parent. But I usually end up wandering on a trail or at a nature center with friends on Earth Day. (Yesterday was a visit to a sea turtle hospital.)

Have you modified any of your habits in ways to reduce harm to our ecosystem? I would say it's more like I picked up good habits throughout my life. Lots of recycling, buying things in bulk instead of single-serving when we can, making our yard more wildlife-friendly, and swapping in reusables when we can. For example, I cloth diapered and still use cloth pads instead of disposables and we all have reusable water bottles. My backyard is somewhat wild, much to the disdain of my HOA, but we also had woodpeckers nesting in our palm trees until we were forced to bring them down (and said woodpeckers now live across the street and yell at me when they see me).
 
michelepixels said:
I hadn't heard of MotherEarth Day but we have Earth Day every April and I've done things for that, particularly with students. I'm a long-time recycler, going back all the way into the early 90's (maybe even late 80's) when the community where I grew up in San Diego distributed recycle bins to all households. They were little green plastic boxes, designed to be the length and width of a folded newspaper and about 18 inches tall. We could toss bottles and cans in there in addition to the newspapers. The recycle bin my current community uses is much larger and I placed it conveniently -- lid propped open -- right outside the door from our kitchen to our garage, one step further from the kitchen trash bin and I've trained my family to recycle.
I also switched from plastic storage containers in the kitchen to glass jars nearly twenty years ago, I stopped buying plastic water bottles around that time, and I always think before throwing stuff away (Is there a way to re-use it?).

Also, I have been contributing monthly (like a subscription) to Planet Wild, which is an organization that uses subscribers' donations to fund earth-friendly projects around the world, a different project every month, which the subscribers can vote on. I learned about it from a few of the science channels I watch on YouTube. https://planetwild.com/
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Sounds like you are a pro. I love figuring out if I can reuse something.
 
littlekiwi said:
Have you ever participated in a MotherEarth day event?
Not that I know of

Have you modified any of your habits in ways to reduce harm to our ecosystem?
To be honest I've been doing these for years. Some of the things I've done are
  • Recycling - all of the normal ones plus soft plastic
  • Eating leftovers/repurposing them regularly (I actually participated in a competition last month called Leftover Legends to be in to win 2 years of free grocery vouchers...didn't win, but it was fun)
  • Use public transport regularly
  • Borrow books & magazines from the library
  • Shop secondhand first
  • Use a reusable waterbottle & keep cup as well as carry a set of reusable cutlery with me
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I do feel like it has become part of normal life.
 
Brendazzle said:
Have you ever participated in a MotherEarth day event? No. I'm not a big event-goer, especially since becoming a parent. But I usually end up wandering on a trail or at a nature center with friends on Earth Day. (Yesterday was a visit to a sea turtle hospital.)

Have you modified any of your habits in ways to reduce harm to our ecosystem? I would say it's more like I picked up good habits throughout my life. Lots of recycling, buying things in bulk instead of single-serving when we can, making our yard more wildlife-friendly, and swapping in reusables when we can. For example, I cloth diapered and still use cloth pads instead of disposables and we all have reusable water bottles. My backyard is somewhat wild, much to the disdain of my HOA, but we also had woodpeckers nesting in our palm trees until we were forced to bring them down (and said woodpeckers now live across the street and yell at me when they see me).
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I think it's funny the woodpeckers yell at you. I love encouraging the wildlife. I just wish they wouldn't eat my basil.
 
Have you ever participated in a MotherEarth day event? I don't think so, but I always remember Earth Day because its a good friend's birthday.

Have you modified any of your habits in ways to reduce harm to our ecosystem? I really do try my best to follow the reduce, reuse and recycle!
 
elseepe said:
I think it's funny the woodpeckers yell at you. I love encouraging the wildlife. I just wish they wouldn't eat my basil.
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I think it's funny too.

Back when I had basil, nothing ever ate it but us. I think it's because I also grew super hot peppers so everything was afraid to nibble on my garden. (We had a massive ghost pepper plant that I used to cross-pollinate all my other peppers.)
 
Brendazzle said:
I think it's funny too.

Back when I had basil, nothing ever ate it but us. I think it's because I also grew super hot peppers so everything was afraid to nibble on my garden. (We had a massive ghost pepper plant that I used to cross-pollinate all my other peppers.)
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That might be worth trying, they don’t like the mint in the pot right next to it, maybe I need a bigger pot and add some hot peppers to it
 
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