My father was a legendary copywriter. He wrote 'Timex Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking.' He named Earth Day 'Earth Day.' It falls on his birthday, April 22. Earth Day, birthday. So the idea came easily.
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Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.
There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
Birthdays are meant for special occasions.
On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bounty. And we acknowledge the need for good stewardship to preserve its fruits for future generations.
April 25th is DNA Day. I know, you probably had no idea.
Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.
An idea is so impersonal; it is yours today and the whole world's tomorrow.
Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.
If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June - a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special: the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet.
I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September.