It's Earth Month!

So what shall Wizards and Pirates do to make the Earth better? Let me list a few!

1. Don't ride your mounts. Run. Yes, use your legs that are made of pixels.

2. Make sure that you use energy efficient wands. If you like sparkly wands, use the LED models.

3. Make sure your ship engines run on electric. It's the wave of the future!

3. Do not leave around papers or parchments. Stop littering, please! I see them everywhere!

4. Conserve water. Do not waste it on silly things like waterfalls or fountains.

5. Instead of magic, use wind to steer the ships. It's the REAL pirate way!

Okay, let's be serious now lol. In real life, April is Earth Month, the month when you become more aware of your surroundings and find ways to reduce your carbon footprints. LED lights, plant trees, no littering and more. It's Spring y'all! Time to embrace the world and make it a better living place. Not only that, April Day is April 22nd.

When I think of Earth Month, I think about littering. In my town, it's a major issue. I have visited the waterways, ponds, lakes and any water source in my town and I see litter everywhere. I always feel sorry for the ducks and geese who have to deal with that. I also see litter that's just dumped on the side of the street. You KNOW that it's not part of the regular garbage. It's something I always wanted to do something about.

But what about you? Do you know what you wanna do for Earth Month and/or Earth Day?

If you don't know where to start, here's a few ideas for you.

1. Organize a group of friends to clean up a place you know that's dirty... like beaches or parks. Make sure that you ask your parents first before trying this and wear gloves please.

2. Plant trees or donate money for organizations to plant trees.

3. Check all of your light bulbs to make sure they are the LED, energy efficient models.

4. Make sure you are using your water effectively. Like turning it off while you brush your teeth. You really don't need to leave it running.

5. Plant Milkweed for butterflies. They need this to be able to eat, survive and prosper!

6. Try not to use pesticides that harms bees. Check what you are using before you try any. Bees are very important for our food. Home Depot is slowly phasing them out, so they have great suggestions what to use instead.

7. Go to an local Earth Day themed event! 

8. Check your games for Earth Day promotions. Sometimes they will have an in-game item that you can purchase which will donate money to nature organizations. For instance, Hearthstone is offering a Hero, Khadgar, for five dollars. 100% of the proceeds will go to WWF aka World Wildlife Fund. More information on Earth Day game promotions in Hearthstone and other games HERE.

AND MANY MANY MORE!

Please be more aware of your surroundings and treat Earth a lot more kinder than you did yesterday. And tomorrow, do it better than today. Anything you can do is better than doing nothing. After all, we have only ONE planet.