Earth Day is a day to reflect and appreciate our beautiful planet | Letter

Published 4:25 pm Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Wednesday, April 22 is Earth Day. Much like Mother’s or Father’s Day, it is a day to reflect and appreciate, in this case for our beautiful planet and all of its finite resources that provide us life. It’s a day to say “thanks” to all the people, hopefully yourself included, who do things—big and small—to help our environment.”

For instance, I give a big thanks to the parents, teachers and custodians of my childrens’ schools (Sandburg-DCS,  FinnHill-EAS, Juanita HS) who foster environmental stewardship in our youth through recycling-composting, school gardens, herbicide free and no-idling.

Thanks to the city of Kirkland for their environmental efforts such as Styrofest and Cross Kirkland Corridor.

Thanks to all of you who do great things for our environment: picking up litter, setting up recycling programs in your place of residence or business, using less fossil fuel and using reusable bags.

Happy Earth Day Kirkland.

Susan Vossler, Kirkland