Experience Journeys

Earth hour occurs this evening March 25th 8:30-9:30. Shut off your lights and do something, or plan to do something, for the Earth. Our home is in severe disrepair.

The Biggest Hour for Earth | Earth Hour Since 2007, Earth Hour has been known for the “lights off” moment. But this year, we're stepping things up, breathing new life into our movement & mission.

Happy Vernal Equinox! Here in the northern hemisphere we begin the half of our journey around the sun with 23 degree axial tilt pointed TOWARDS the sun. Our last half was pointed away from the sun...hence winter. We can blame a collision with a Mars sized planetoid 4.5 billion years ago. On the other hand the "Theia Impact" gave us the moon to light our romantic evenings. And speaking of romance, the Vernal Equinox has been celebrated for thousands of years by ancient peoples as a time of fertility, new growth, and planting (in the last 10,000-8000 years). Attached I have a bit of my own "Calendar of events" set into motion by this impact and the effect it has had on the development of life on earth by creating the seasons. I'd be happy to edit it if you have milestones you think should be included. I'm not sure we can get away with adding the romance stuff although with 8 billion of us it is obviously on our minds....all year long. Besides that it's time to plan our excursions to connect with this amazing planet: hiking, camping, canoeing, beaching, and hugging those old trees!