Kindness & Generosity

"There is no Planet B."  This is something I've considered since I was in elementary school.  Learning about Earth Day and the value of synchronized planetary balance, ecosystems and our food system, has been important to me since I was a child.  While I was in college, studying business, biology and environmental science, I remember coming home in tears after learning about the reality of what was taking place with the current decline of the Ogallala Aquifer, North America's largest freshwater aquifer.  Thinking there was nothing my little self could do to make a significant difference in this enormous world, my fear was not being capable of prolonging my chances of reaching my golden years, based on climate change and the rapid decline of water, soil and quality food sources.  In 2016, when the following TED talk originally aired, more stats on currently transpiring issues made headlines.

The importance of paying attention to detail, researching what is currently taking place around the planet, acknowledging more aggressive storms, the extinction of numerous animal species, human mortality rates increasing due to starvation, raging fires and the all-time highs and lows of international temperatures, continues to inspire me to do the work; to do my part to contribute to my global community, regardless of how small or large the contribution.  My mother once told me, "Sweetheart, always remember that you and one million other people feel the exact same way.  If you and those million other people suddenly give up, stop contributing or caring, that's one million and one people who automatically stop making a difference in the world."  I've never forgotten or stopped caring based on that one single conversation.

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As a passionate gardener and nurturer of food and life, I am passionate about earth, soil and Mother Earth.  Knowing that North America and the world around us is running out of the very resource that we all depend on to survive as Homo sapiens and living creatures, the one thing necessary to produce food, products and nearly everything living on planet earth, it is up to all of us to continue educating and inspiring others to wake up and to smell the coffee before it literally is too late to reverse what is taking place everywhere around the world. 

It doesn't matter where we're from, what religion or political party we prefer, the color of our skin, whether we have 2 legs or more, having clean water, air and food is essential for all of us.  Without it, we disappear.  Align with those things of importance to you, these things enable us, the planet, and our children with the opportunity to age in healthy ways.