Re-Gain

Mend not end our future prospects. Everyday we can celebrate preserving this fragile planet for the next generation. Yes let's celebrate Earth Day not Earth DECAY! Essentially we have to downsize.  Less will be more if we wisely embrace the gift of thrift.   It is evident that climate change imperils our well-being and planetary health. Already at least 3.3 billion people’s daily lives are threatened by climate change from heat waves, diseases, extreme weather, air pollution and starvation. Let’s embrace conservatism in all facets of our life.  Better resource management can renew dangerous waste.  New economic opportunities are bountiful if we counter our self destructive consumption.  Proclaim Earth Day everyday.  Re-design more sustainable relationships in all your affairs. Any chance please reduce and reuse, lessen the decay. Kindly do your part to make this world more livable and enjoy these happy returns!

Let the beauty you love be what you do. Most people are unaware of how litter impacts us. Baby boomers grew up with ads of a crying Native American observing folks trashing the countryside. When I grew up, Lady Bird Johnson had a program called Keep America Beautiful. Today, this organization estimates we spend $11.5 billion a year on litter. The trashing of our roads is a tragedy affecting our economy and our environment Litter pollutes our water and soil. Litter decreases property values by at least 7 percent. Also, it affects tourism. How do you feel when you come to a place where cans, cups, plastic and all sorts of other things are discarded? It is not a positive experience. It costs millions of dollars yearly to clean Virginia’s roadways. More than half of roadway litter comes from motorists, and another 25 percent is from pedestrians. Significant roadway litter comes from vehicles with improperly covered loads. Most litter comes from people consciously choosing to litter on Virg