Love to All Moms and Mother Earth

We are thankful every May 10 for the love and care from our moms and other mentors. It is also a good day to show love for Mother Earth in appreciation of the natural systems that sustain human life. People sometimes say that caring for earth is so vague. However, one can take some very simple steps that do make a difference — especially multiplied by the action of others. Here are a few suggestions:

• Substitute chicken for beef one day a week for a year and save tons of carbon dioxide from going into the atmosphere.

• Save even more if you eat leftovers instead of having them end up in landfills.

• Avoid “fast” fashion. Buy second-hand, and repair clothes, which saves them from landfills and from adding tons of emissions to the atmosphere (stats based on one out of 10 in U.S. taking action).

Earth Steward Action: Share recipes for “leftovers.”

Source: Lawrence Journal-World, page A-12, Feb.14, 2026, from the Associated Press