review on 'Every Day Is Earth Day?'

The writer mentioned that ever since Earth Day was enacted, it became the catalyst for a series of nature-based legislation and eventually the emergence of a mainstream environmental movement. I believe this statement to be rather true but there are doubts pertaining to how successful it has led to environmental conservancy. No doubt Earth Day has been well-received since its debut, with approximately 20 million Americans participating in the first modern environmental movement, with a goal of a healthy, sustainable environment.

 

The matter of concern is that despite the raise in awareness and participation in saving the environment, the environmental damage till date is still of concern. Till date, environmental damage is still one of the world’s most pressing issues and has since escalated to one demanding high attention, there is yet much to do salvage the situation.

 

The writer stated that the first Earth Day was like the sounding of a bullhorn for the people to unite and get moving, which worked. But this year, 39 years later, the original intent has long eroded. The one-day demonstration that started a movement lost most of its luster decades ago. This is profoundly true because despite the supposed action to address this environmental issue that has been plaguing us, the situation has been on the decline instead.

 

The writer criticizes the demonstration and that it has been, and has gradually lost its eminency and effect. The sole purpose of this establishment is for the one cause that we have strived to achieve-saving the earth. Yet through years of ineffectual celebration of this movement have seen the earth declining into a more worrying state.

 

Some environmentalists have become critical of Earth Day, particularly those in the environmentalism camp. They charge that Earth Day has come to symbolize the marginalization of environmental sustainability, and that the celebration itself has outlived its usefulness.

 

This inutile practice that the writer compares to that of a snooze; what was originally intended as the sound the world has adopted has only managed to shed some weight off our burden. What was originally intended as the sounding of an alarm has been reproduced each year in the exact same way-it is hard to be motivated by a screeching alarm when you've been hitting the snooze button for the last four decades. I believe what needs to be done now is that the world should put in place a new plan to tackle this ageing problem of environmental damage, because it is evident that the campaigns of old are diminishing in effect and are now merely a façade of environmental movement; there is not really much done to bail ourselves out of this mess.

 

Despite the diminution of Earth Day and its campaigns, I feel that we should not do away with it as it unites the world to a familiar cause. Ardent environmentalists hold some contempt at the idea of still having an annual, one-day celebration. It marks recognition of where the conservation movement has come from, and where it is going. It should serve as a depiction of our continuous efforts in our endeavors to save the earth. What the world needs now is not a banishment of Earth Day, but instead a brand new, much broader, more frequent and much more inclusive movement as hinted by the writer.

 

The writer stated that the mantra that developed in the years following the original Earth Day was that "Earth Day is Every Day”. I believe this could well be a very possible and feasible plan to work on; the only way to positively eliminate or rather to reduce environmental damage is for everyone to make an effort. There is no point in enacting movements or campaigns if there is no meaningful participation or purposeful involvement in it; they require proactivity active involvement for it to be fruitful.