Did I miss Earth Day?

A little over a week ago was Earth Day. And I didn't post anything to commemorate that day. Did I miss it?

Of course not. I knew it was Earth Day and I find it a good and necessary thing to think about the importance of our environment on that day.
But Earth Day to me is a bit like Christmas. 
Christmas is that highlight of the year, where everybody is preaching love and peace for everyone. Usually, it starts with the most hectic time of year. Finishing all that work that needs to be done before everyone is on holiday and can not be reached anymore, elbowing your way through the masses to find presents for your loved-ones, racing around frantically to find the last beautiful tree at the last moment, putting up all those lights and decorations, cooking, baking, writing (e-)cards.....!  Jeez, by the time Christmas Eve comes, you really want to lie flat on your back on the beach of a tropical island with a cocktail and far, far away from family and friends and traffic jams and shopping malls and all this chaos!
But then, finally, it's Christmas. Everybody is happy. Everybody loves each other. The guy you wanted to strangle yesterday because he snatched the last beautiful tree, the one you wanted to buy, now gets a big friendly smile and a heartfelt "Merry Christmas!".
Until a couple of days later. When everything is over. We return to "normal", want to kick that guy, that just squeezed into the full bus and is pushing his rucksack in your back, in the nuts if only we could move between all those horrible people that are in a hurry to go to work. Friendly smiles and love and peace? Yeah, sure. Maybe next Christmas.
I often wondered around Christmas time what is so good about celebrating love and peace for only two days a year.

And I don't want Earth Day to become the Christmas of nature conservation. I don't want people to think about nature, donate for conservation and cherish the world around them for only one day a year. It is something we MUST do every day in our lives (okay, the donation part we can do a little less frequent). People must live Earth Day 365 days a year. Because the human race is not in danger when we preach love and peace only once a year. But it is certainly in danger when we limit our awareness of the environment and its needs to only one day a year.

And that's why there was no post from me dedicated to Earth Day. There were loads and loads of posts for Earth day on all social media and the world didn't need an extra post from me. I will stick to posts and hopefully creating some awareness throughout the rest of the year.