Miscellaneous Monday...on a Wednesday/Thursday? 🙃

[Amanda Barber]

I'm going with "better late than never" for this week's Miscellaneous Monday post! Unfortunately, I've just now realized my post never actually posted!

For this week's Miscellaneous Monday, I wanted to highlight Earth Day (April 22nd)! I learned that it was actually started by a junior senator from my home state of Wisconsin. He had the idea for teach-ins on college campuses and recruited a young activist to organize them. They chose April 22nd because it was a weekday falling between Spring Break and Final Exams to engage the most students. In 1970, the name was changed and 20 million Americans joined demonstrations (10% of the population!)

This year, I participated in some clean ups over the weekend and plan to continue collecting trash while out for walks this week. Did you, or will you, do anything for the Earth this week?

You can read about the entire history and see photos here: https://www.earthday.org/history/

Curious about Atlassian's take on sustainability? Check out their info here: https://www.atlassian.com/company/corporate-social-responsibility and Don’t #@!% the Planet

[Jimmy Seddon]

@Amanda Barber don't feel bad, these things happen.  I realized this morning that not only had I not scheduled something for this week, but I also missed last week's Welcome Wednesday.

I'm going to answer your question a slightly different way.  We didn't do anything specifically for Earth Day this year.  However, my wife and I have been consciously trying to make more sustainable decisions throughout the year.

[Amanda Barber]

We've been doing the same thing, @Jimmy Seddon - Earth Day is a great reminder to beef up our efforts, but we've been making small, sustainable (pun intended) changes all year!

[VanPhatThinhAuto]

Great!!

[Daria Kulikova_GitProtect_io]

@Amanda Barber nice topic, nature really needs a lot of attention. Unfortunately, this week (Monday 22nd) my family did almost nothing, but we try to be conscious constantly :)

As for collecting trash, hopefully, I live in a rather clean city, and our city services usually do their best in this, and it's impossible to see the trash outdoors. 

btw, in my city all the trees are blooming and look impressive :) 

[Amanda Barber]

I love this time of year when the first flowers are popping up and trees are blooming! 

While I live in a pretty clean city, one of the blocks we walk on often has thrown-away items from a local smoke/vape shop a few blocks away. I often think they should be required to perform cleanups of the area weekly. 🙄 We also picked up items that must have blown from the garbage bins this week on pick-up day since it's been VERY windy!

[Barbara Szczesniak]

Earth Day this year was a beautiful day where I live, and I spent some time appreciating the planet—that is, sitting on my porch reading a book. 📖😎🌎