This And That

This am I slept in until 6.40 am and was surprised to find everything as it was yesterday morning. We are creatures of habit and we fit our lives into a rhythm which should be in sync with the universe. When everything seems to be going just perfect you can bet that you are in tune with nature.

Mother Nature is playing tricks to try to re-establish its rhythm and we are seeing gross differences in climate, volcanic actions, drought and floods. This does not come about by accident but is a direct result of the earth aging and getting comfortable in its skin. Only now we have people with sosophisticated machines and instruments to document the earth,s growing pains. We are some of the cause because of our abuse to the environment by cutting down too many trees, burning too much chemical junk and dumping our left over garbage into the waters of the world.

There are however more people today who are aware of the role we should play by being good Stewart's of our earth. I dare say that our youth will be better at taking care of the planet than the last few generations.We as children lived in an age where we threw trash out the car windows, wasted water and took our earth for granted. Small children today know that was wrong and are concerned about our environment. Knowledge is power and young people recognize the need for change and are involved in many projects to make our communities better.

Back some time ago when we were trying to find a project for our school that would impact the local environment, a project named Muskrat Cleanup was born. Under a science teacher named John a huge success story evolved. 800 students,over 50 teachers and staff, city workers and friends cleaned up a stretch of the river passing through the center of Pembroke. 175 tons of garbage was pulled from the water and hauled to the landfill site. It was impressive in its scope but more impressive when it impacted the minds of the people who took part. Only a few days ago I was talking to a former student and he said that was his main memory from his school days at PSPS.

I seem to get excited when I hear of projects being planned and executed by students which make our world a better and safer place in which to live. Perhaps or maybe our influence made a difference and our youth are more pro-active when it comes to being good Stewart's of our land. I truly believe this to be correct.