Being Green

Earth Day was April 22.
This year was the 40th anniversary of it's celebration.
Some say one of the catalysts for this event was the fact the Cuyahoga river, in Cleveland, caught on fire - in 1969.
I certainly heard about this a lot when I was in college in Cleveland in the early-to-mid 80's.
Earth Day was also a catalyst of sorts for a variety of environmental awareness activities, leading-up to WED on June 5.

Pittsburgh has been selected as the North American host city by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  There are multiple events planned in Pittsburgh which will culminate with the Global "Water Matters" conference on June 3 and World Environment Day (WED) on June 5. Events will be held in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, North America's first LEED-certified (gold) convention center and the largest "green" building in the world.

Closer to home, I'm already getting tired of mowing my lawn and it is only April!
Despite the cold and record snowfall this winter, the grass has sprung-up again, as green as ever, and the spring rains make it grow at a really fast pace.  If you do not mow it a minimum of once a week, you risk damaging it when you cut it later (and you cut off too much of each grass blade).

Related to this, I read a great tweet on my Twitter stream last week, though I don't remember who posted it: "Working on your lawn a bit in the spring, ensures more hard work throughout the summer."
Humor helps in this situation.