Marigolds and the Climate Crisis

 

Marigolds! I planted marigolds in the city. Earth Day is this Thursday, April 22. Decades ago, at the time of the first Earth Day, we were living in the inner city of Detroit. Then we moved to the inner city of New Haven, CT.  Planting flowers in the city is not easy. They are easily uprooted, trodden down.  No roses. No fragile or tender plants.  So I planted Marigolds.  The more children picked them, the more they flourished. I love the varied colors, each flower unique.

And then we began to recycle cans, and then paper. (As a child we did save paper for wartime paper drives.) 

But now?  Climate Change!  I prefer calling it a Climate Crisis because it is, and we know it.  In fact, we know that doing things to steward the earth is already too late. I applaud Pres. Biden having the United States rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, the international accord designed to avert catastrophic global warming. Too late? It's never too late, to be serious, and to work boldly together in every way possible. . . and to plant some more Marigolds.

The United States in February this year  formally rejoined the Paris climate agreement, the international accord designed to avert catastrophic global warming.