EARTH DAY is Today

If you listened to the radio or news on TV or skimmed the Internet there are plenty of signs to remind us of today's significance. Earth Day may not be celebrated with the same fanfare as St. Patrick's Day or Thanksgiving but I predict this will change in time.

Earth Day, celebrated April 22, is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment. It is held annually during both spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970 and is celebrated in many countries every year.

So what does one do to celebrate Earth Day? Good question. You can start by deciding to do one thing to help the environment. It could be as simple as using silverware and a glass instead of plastic fork and knife and cup at lunchtime in the office.

This could be the day you decide to make that effort to plug all appliances into one outlet in your home, so when you leave, with the toggle of one switch, all electric current is stopped.

Or you could plant a tree in your backyard.

How about a movie? Yes a movie. Everyone loves the movies.

So how do you make a movie when the whole world is your planet? For filmmakers of EARTH the scale of the movie was massive to say the least.

The is the first movie by Disney Nature. The filmmakers took five years to collect footage of the earth's landscapes, seasons and species filmed in 200 locations and 64 countries.

Narrated by the mesmerizing, baritone voice of James Earl Jones, one clip of fuzzy ducklings waddling and leaping in the air safely landing on a pile of leaves left me more emotional than a Hallmark commercial. The film is more than about following cute and fuzzy animals. The videography is spell-binding and the landscape is breathtaking.

EARTH opens today in theaters. See the movie trailer below.



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