Earth Day is Every
Day
by David Krieger*, April 2001
Earth Day comes only once a year (this
year on April 22nd), but protecting our Earth matters everyday.
As syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman noted, "In the Earth
Day flourish of attention, how did we manage to overlook the greatest
environmental danger of all - the mushroom cloud over the green
space?"
Earth is home to all life that we
know of in the Universe. Most life on Earth, including the human
species, is threatened by nuclear weapons. No country or government
has the right to jeopardize the human future and life on our planet
for its own shortsighted concept of security through nuclear threat.
People need to set their governments right, and demand of their
governments an end to this threat.
If you would like to help make a difference,
you can join with others from around the world in signing the
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Appeal to End the Nuclear Weapons
Threat to Humanity. You can also spread the word by sending this
message with a copy of the Appeal to ten friends. Let's get responsible
about saving our planet - it's the only one we have.
*David Krieger
is President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
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