It’s Earth Day, baby! That means it’s time to go out and make some sweet, sweet love to mother Earth.  According to our potentially misleading friend, Wikipedia, Earth Day was founded in 1970 by US Senator Gaylord Nelson.  The decision to make Earth Day happen occurred at a meeting in 1969 in Seattle.

So what should we be aware about this year? Conservation, conservation, conservation AND BIONIC PENGUINS.

Firstly, let us illustrate the realities of global warming with these graphs straight from NASA:

Makes it pretty evident that we're heating up, no?

The data is there. Maybe global warming is man-made (it is), maybe it’s not but the reality of what our Earth will become based on our increasing temperatures isn’t pretty.

What’s more is in a report from New Scientist, our essential resources aren’t going to last much longer. See for yourself.

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HOW CAN YOU CELEBRATE EARTH DAY?

• Leave the lights off in your house today
• Don’t drive. Bike, walk or run.
• Don’t eat beef.
• Plant a tree.

Earth Day isn’t a party this year, it’s a day of action.

BTW: If you’re interested in legislation in our country for the environment this site has great updates.

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