I hope you are feeling inspired by Earth Day. If we can all do just one thing today to show some love to our beleaguered planet, that will be a whole lot of love Earth will receive today 🙂
One simple thing I just did was to support the petition by the CEO of BirdLife International, Patricia Zurita, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. She has written to the Secretary General of the UN António Guterres, urging the UN to include the right to a healthy natural environment in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes the fundamental human rights that must be protected globally. It is time to recognise that the right to a healthy natural environment is essential for the survival of humanity.”
CEO of BirdLife International, Patricia Zurita
A new human right: The right to a healthy natural environment
I know during this Covid-19 lockdown, I am far from being the only one who is feeling fortunate that I have a beautiful natural environment right on my doorstep. As the human species, we rely on the natural world so much, including for our own well-being and I think it is so important to recognise this. If we can make it a human right to have a healthy natural environment, this is another clear demonstration of its importance and it can be a line in the sand as we seek to protect and restore our natural environments, in our own localities but on a global scale.
If you too would like to support BirdLife International’s petition, you can find it here.
For a fun activity for Earth Day, do try your hand at today’s Google doodle, celebrating the importance of bees 🙂
Enjoy your Earth Day!
Peggy
I hope we learn to love and respect our environment. It does not belong only to us. We have to just pray that we do not destroy so much in Nature.
How are you all? Regards
Hi Lakshmi 🙂
We are all fine, thank you! I hope you and your family are keeping safe and well too.
I absolutely agree – we are all so dependent on our environment. I think if we can each make our own contribution to caring for our environment in whatever ways are possible for us, every action helps – whether that is perhaps by gardening, planting trees, restoring natural habitats or simply sharing our love of the natural world. I find that enjoying nature is such an enjoyable activity itself . Take care. Peggy 😀
The Human Rights suggestion must surely be included now
It feels long overdue, doesn’t it? Hopefully, in the present state of things, this change will happen.