Yesterday was Earth Day, but on the radio I heard someone say that it’s actually Earth Week and can be celebrated all week long. My question is: since when does being environmentally friendly need to be confined to a set time period? Shouldn’t this time of heightened awareness for our planet last for more than one week? Shouldn’t we keep the future of our earth at the top of mind all the time and not just for one designated week? I guess a week (or day) is better than nothing, but I just thought it was ironic that someone was happy to hear they could focus on recycling today even though Earth Day was yesterday.
Anyway… hearing that made me think of simple things we can all do to help save the planet. I found this NextAdvisor.com post interesting since they suggested online backup as a way to help save our planet. With online backup, you don’t have to save hard copies of documents and you don’t have to store stacks of plastic disks or CDs with all your backups on them. And, online backup cuts down on home storage devices that have to be produced and shipped around the globe. So, if you don’t use online backup for any other reason… do it for the planet. It is, after all, “Earth Week.”
— Alison
