Middle-Pause Pump-Priming Prompt
Can You Name Women Who’ve Been Saving the Planet?
After all, Earth Day is coming right up!
I have an assignment for you!
As if you don’t already have enough to do, right? But this is an urgent one given our whole planet is an ‘endangered species.’ And, I commit to doing it right along with you. In fact, because I’m writing this, I have to stay one step ahead of you.
This is an invitation to catch up with me on a fascinating adventure.
April 22nd is Earth Day.
Day? The planet is dying, and we set aside a whole 24 hours to honor her and plant a few trees — or at least hug them — or at least look at them…from our window.
I’m not trying to be cynical, though it may sound like it. I am trying to be dramatic to make a point. Blow the whistle on myself. I’m a city girl who keeps her shoes on at the beach. One hypodermic half-buried in the sand took care of that!
Which proves my point. Some see the earth as at their disposal.
One giant trash receptacle. Done with your plastic bottle or soda ring thingy? Not to worry, the ocean is vast enough to hold it for you…till we have a floating island of…