One day an elephant lumbering through the jungle 
came upon a hummingbird lying on the ground 
with his feet up in the air.

"Are you all right little friend?"  the elephant inquired.

"I heard the sky might fall today so I am trying 
to hold it up,"  the hummingbird replied.

"Hold the sky with those skinny little legs!?
What a foolish bird you are," 
the elephant chortled as he continued on his way.

"Maybe I cannot do a lot," the hummingbird declared,
"but at least I am doing what I can!"

The elephant stopped, lay down next to the hummingbird
and put his feet up in the air.                                                                                                            
                                                    ~Chinese folktale



Saving and protecting our environment seems to be a daunting task,
one that an individual might see as too big to do anything about.
Result from that set of mind is that we - do nothing. 

"Nobody made greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."
                                                                                         ~Edmund Burke

Today's trends include disappearing wilderness and farmland,
irresponsible consumerism, the poisoning of our waterways, species decline etc.
This is very discouraging  and if we are ever to turn the tide on them
all of us need to learn and appreciate how our own behavior contributes to these problems 
and how we can change it in order to reverse or diminish the impact of these negative trends.

If you can not plant a tree in whose shade you know you will never sit,
I am sure you can pick up a piece of trash you didn't leave behind...
If you can not turn some lights off, you can switch to eco-friendly light bulbs.
If you can not take shorter showers, you can turn the water off while you brush your teeth.

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself
is changed, but that our power to do it is increased."
                                                                                        ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 There is always something, and everything is important!
Many tiny little things can sum up to make a BIG change.


"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather then contempt,
we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology.
We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, 
not just after we got through with it."
                                                                                   ~Lyndon B. Johnson