A Tree We Planted Many Years ago on this same day

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April 23, 2020, 03:28 GMT

USA
849,092 cases of COVID-19
47,681 American Deaths

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Food for Thought:
Tom Udall] said the COVID-19 health crisis "offers us a number of important lessons that we must heed as we observe Earth Day. First: the destruction of nature and ecosystems is not just a threat to our planet, but it is a threat to our public health. Scientists tell us that as we destroy nature, habitats and the natural barriers between humans and wildlife – we will only see more and more zoonotic diseases like the COVID-19 pandemic."

With much of the humans on earth currently in social isolation, the world's air quality has temporarily improved. Wild animals are also now checking out the cities that sprung up from what was once their native wild habitat. What does this tell us???

Earth Day has always been part of my life. I grew up with a concern for the natural world. However, this year the day seems to have an even greater significance. It goes far beyond planting a tree...