Happy Earth Day.

Earth Day is here and festivities are about to get underway… somewhere.  If you are a Saint John resident you might be asking yourself, “how is my city promoting environmental awareness by joining a global acknowledgment of the Earth’s central and sacred role in our existence”?  Or maybe you would just ask, “what’s up?”  If you lived in St. Stephen you could attend the Holy Ground Church’s Earth Day service where “an ecumurial service will recognize the earth as God’s holy ground”.  If you were in Fredericton you could join the New Brunswick Royal Astronomical Society in their Earth Day “Save Our Skies” efforts to reduce light pollution.  In Moncton they have at least scraped together a plan to hold assemblies at throughout the municipal school district.  If, like me, you are a humble resident of Saint John then you are on your own.

There is not a single registered event for Earth Day planned for the city of Saint John.  Now, you’re probably thinking “Why did’nt you organize something yourself?”  You would be right.  Somehow between preparing my end of term exams and papers, looking after my 11month old daughter, holding down a full time job, and trying to see my wife now and then, I let organizing for Earth Day slip.  I guess I thought that this sort of major world wide event would make it onto the radar of public officals whose job it is to organize large public events.  My mistake!  Luckily I can let them know what I think of their job performance in an upcomming election. 

As for Earth Day, I’ll just have to do better myself next year.