Well hello, happy Earth Day! What a day it is. See that luscious blue sky out there? Those adorable little baby plants peeking up out of the ground? The deer and the squirrels and your dog and that lion on TV? That water passing through your body? Maybe you’ve never celebrated Earth Day, or maybe you are a die-hard fan—I’m interested to know. According to my Google searching, this all started in 1970 as a reaction to a giant oil spill in Santa Barbara, CA in 1969—and, I would imagine, a variety of other human-influenced ecological disasters. The intention of Earth Day is to celebrate the natural beauty of this planet and to educate & raise awareness about our assortment of environmental predicaments. My little brother’s birthday is on Earth Day — so this holiday of sorts has been on my lifelong radar (Happy 22nd Zach!). Also, there’s the fact that I was born from the union of two great environmentally-minded human beings, Mom and Dad. But I wonder what Earth Day means for those …