A cure for the Earth Day Blues!
Hey there Sustainability champions!
It’s Earth Day again and I don’t know about you but I often experience a mild case of the Earth Day Blues when April 22nd rolls around each year.
The Earth Day Blues are actually quite common this time of year.
And if you suspect that you might be suffering as well, simply ask yourself:
Has the annual Earth Day celebration left you feeling a bit down?
Are you overwhelmed by the need for global systematic change?
Is your inner battery so low that you are unable to move forward?
Have you lost your sense of personal power?
Have the seemingly symbolic gestures and marketing campaigns of this day only added to your sense of hopelessness?
If you answered yes to any of these quesitons, you might be suffering from the Earth Day blues too.
As someone who has celebrated many Earth Days with the word Sustainability in my job title, today I am sharing my sure-fire recipe to cure those Earth Day Blues when you first feel the symptoms.
Recipe below. (Follow my recipe or develop your own! Let me know what ingredients you add!)
Ingredients:
1 cup of positive focus
2 cups of action
1/2 cup of resilience
3 heaping tablespoons of eduction
I tsp of connection with nature
2 tsp of like-minded community collaboration
A pinch of hope
Add in radical optimism to taste
Instructions:
Mix together all ingredients, being mindful to incorporate stories of successful efforts and initiatives. Blend in recognition and positive impacts of individuals, organizations and communities.
Find that personal resilience deep in the back of the cabinet and fold that in to the mix. Add in community action and collaboration. Infuse the mixture with a sense of awe and add a pinch of hope to every step. Stir gently, but persistently. Sprinkle with lots and lots of gratitude.
Benefits include but are not limited to:
An intense feeling of empowerment and positivity
A sense of purpose and control
Increased confidence and energy
A lessoning of your eco-anxiety
A surge of resilience to get you off your feet and back in the fight
Serving size: 8 Billionish
For best results enjoy immediately while sitting under your favorite tree with your favorite people.
Happy Earth Day everyone. You got this.
