Happy #EarthDay! 🌍 We’re closing out the #9for9countdown with poignant words from #WangariMaathai.
“We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.”
#9for9countdown #EarthDay is 2 days away!
Let’s honor #EmmaDupree who said: “All that we see, everything that is growin’ in the earth, is healin’ to the nation of any kind of disease.”
#PlantsAreMedicine #NatureIsHealing
#9for9countdown #EarthDay is 3 days away!
Let’s honor #KarenWashington who said: “To grow your own food gives you power and dignity. You know exactly what you’re eating because you grew it. It’s good, it’s nourishing and you did this for yourself, your family and your community.”
#FeedYourself!
#9for9countdown #EarthDay is 4 days away!
Let’s honor #LeahPenniman who said: “Earth has this endless capacity to compost trauma and give us back ourselves, give us back our whole hearts and our whole beings. Seeing it thousands of times just makes it undeniable.”
#HealtheEarth #EarthHealsUs
#9for9countdown #EarthDay is 5 days away!
Honor #BettyReidSoskin who said: “[I] wear my [National Park Service] uniform at all times; because when I’m on the streets or on an escalator or elevator, I am making every little girl of color aware of a career choice she may not have known she had.”
#9for9countdown #EarthDay is 6 days away!
Let’s honor #HazelMJohnson who said: “Every day, I complain, protest and object. But it takes such vigilance and activism to keep legislators on their toes and government accountable to the people on environmental issues.”
#HoldElectedOfficialsAccountable
#9for9countdown #EarthDay is 7 days away!
In the spirit of the #9dimensionsofwellness, we’re lifting up words from 9 phenomenal Black women who cared for nature and for us.
#9for9countdown #EarthDay is now 8 days away!
As explained in yesterday’s post, we’re building on the theme of the #9dimensionsofwellness by lifting up words from 9 phenomenal Black women who cared for nature and for us.
#9for9countdown #EarthDay is 9 days away. With @mahoganymanifesto being centered around the #9dimensionsofwellness, I figured why not celebrate #EnviromentalWellness by lifting up words from phenomenal Black women who cared for nature and for us?
