Happy Earth Week! Personally, I think that we should celebrate the Earth every day, but it's nice for everyone to take a step back and really think about the Earth out of 365 days. I attended a lot of the events that Sustainable Carolina and the Green Quad put on for this week, including the opening day sustainable eating fair, the movie Thin Ice, and the Sounds of Sustainability concert last night. Friday, I'm planning on going to a few more of the events. I really liked the opening day celebration the most though!
Seeing the dancing fruit do the Cupid shuffle was super funny, and I liked that there was a decent turn out of students there eating food and chatting about Earth day. Cocky even showed up to dance and stuff, and I got a t-shirt :)
All of these events are fun and stuff, but I can't help but think about the fact that so many students, think of Earth day as just another day. I kind of agree with this just because we have become such a holiday orientated society. We designate a month for women, African Americans, breast cancer, you name it, we have made it a holiday. What bothers me about this are that the issues represented by these days or months of 'celebration' and 'awareness' are that these are problems that persist throughout the entire year. We designate one day to think about the Earth, the planet that we live on and the planet that gives us life every day. Seems a bit out of proportion if you ask me.
As nice as having an Earth week celebration here at USC is, I wish that we didn't have to have holidays for things that we should always be conscious about.
Agreed! Earth week is a great way to remind everyone about the importance of taking care of our earth. However, it needs to more than a one week thing. People need to think about preserving our earth on a daily basis in order to make a difference.
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