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Christine Schoene Maccabee
Julia Roberts, the far too sexy are huge, important questions for all
version of Erin, but nonetheless of us to be asking, and many of us
interesting and entertaining. Erin
are.
On The Wild Side became a “whistle blower” when did when he said “Reject excess,
Why did Gandhi feel as he
she discovered major groundwater
pollution due to the negligence of
the gas and electric company. After a honor nature”? Perhaps he knew
what Jesus knew...that “heaping
difficult fight, the company repented up treasures on earth” will lead to
A Call To Action its ways, and Erin became a heroine spiritual disease. I am sure they both
for all of us who care what the heck
knew how our materialism would
is happening to our water and our injure this precious gift of life we
air. We may never do anything so have on our planet. One only needs
Reject excess, honor nature. noble and scary as she did, but the to see online, the photo of a dead
— Gandhi day may come when we, too, will be pelican whose stomach is filled with
confronted with something we can plastic trash—which is also filling
Depending on your political, like the Environmental Defense do to make a real difference. our ocean and marshlands—to
religious, or philosophical positions, Fund (EDF) and Natural Resources Mahatma Gandhi was a wise know this to be true.
you may or may not read this Defense Council (NRDC) have been man, as was Jesus. Both of them Is there no remedy, no hope? Of
essay. Some say it is too late to great watchdogs and have made said that we should, and can, live course there is, so long as people
do anything, some say it is not a huge difference in keeping our with less. When Gandhi died all he jump in to solve the problems. After
necessary, and still others say “Who planet’s resources and wild areas had in his possession were his eye all, the most basic and useful trait
cares?” However, many do care, and relatively free of pollution. Then glasses and his sandals. As far as I of human beings is our ability to
care a lot. I am one who cares, and there were the individuals who took know, Jesus didn’t own anything. problem solve. Our children are
dares to write, so read this at your it upon themselves to fight against My question, and the question of learning to do this in school every
own risk. rampant environmental degradation, so many others—especially young day, and so are we adults in our
If there ever was a time for all of two of the most well known being people I know—is how in the world everyday lives.
us to make a difference for on-going Julia Butterfly and Erin Brockovich. did we get to this place where all So live lightly on the earth, and
quality of life on this, our planet, it Julia was a young idealist who that we own and buy, besides being take action. As I always say, “Every
is now. Of course, I and many others had the guts to save some of the last way too much, is polluting and little bit helps,” but “do more if you
had those very same thoughts remaining ancient Redwood trees basically wrecking our planet? These can.”
way back in the 1970s. Back then, in California by camping out in
plastics still had carcinogenic the top of one of the largest (which
chemicals in them (even baby she called Luna), and staying there Patronize the Advertisers in The Catoctin Banner!
bottles), and industrial chemical for over one year without coming The Catoctin Banner exists due to the advertising support of those featured in each issue.
wastes were dumped into water down! Her goal was somewhat
like Love Canal and other places, achieved, making deals with the
creating severe health problems lumber company to preserve the
for people and wildlife living near trees surrounding Luna before she
them. Acid rain was killing off the descended back to the earth. After
beautiful trees in Germany’s Black that, she formed a small movement
forest; here in the States, many of earth-caring people, and I
lakes were becoming too acidic for actually heard her speak years ago
fish and other aquatic creatures at Hood college. She is one of my
to survive. If it were not for EPA heroines, and a major inspiration for
regulations, many of these problems many others. Perhaps we, too, can
would still exist! do something, perhaps not so grand,
You may or may not be or brave, as Julia, but something.
aware of the many late 1900s Another woman who stuck
environmentalists who were at the her neck out in order to make a
forefront of revealing damaging difference was Erin Brockovich.
pollution sources and actually doing Perhaps you remember the movie
something about it. Legal groups made about her efforts, starring
Christine Schoene Maccabee
Julia Roberts, the far too sexy are huge, important questions for all
version of Erin, but nonetheless of us to be asking, and many of us
interesting and entertaining. Erin
are.
On The Wild Side became a “whistle blower” when did when he said “Reject excess,
Why did Gandhi feel as he
she discovered major groundwater
pollution due to the negligence of
the gas and electric company. After a honor nature”? Perhaps he knew
what Jesus knew...that “heaping
difficult fight, the company repented up treasures on earth” will lead to
A Call To Action its ways, and Erin became a heroine spiritual disease. I am sure they both
for all of us who care what the heck
knew how our materialism would
is happening to our water and our injure this precious gift of life we
air. We may never do anything so have on our planet. One only needs
Reject excess, honor nature. noble and scary as she did, but the to see online, the photo of a dead
— Gandhi day may come when we, too, will be pelican whose stomach is filled with
confronted with something we can plastic trash—which is also filling
Depending on your political, like the Environmental Defense do to make a real difference. our ocean and marshlands—to
religious, or philosophical positions, Fund (EDF) and Natural Resources Mahatma Gandhi was a wise know this to be true.
you may or may not read this Defense Council (NRDC) have been man, as was Jesus. Both of them Is there no remedy, no hope? Of
essay. Some say it is too late to great watchdogs and have made said that we should, and can, live course there is, so long as people
do anything, some say it is not a huge difference in keeping our with less. When Gandhi died all he jump in to solve the problems. After
necessary, and still others say “Who planet’s resources and wild areas had in his possession were his eye all, the most basic and useful trait
cares?” However, many do care, and relatively free of pollution. Then glasses and his sandals. As far as I of human beings is our ability to
care a lot. I am one who cares, and there were the individuals who took know, Jesus didn’t own anything. problem solve. Our children are
dares to write, so read this at your it upon themselves to fight against My question, and the question of learning to do this in school every
own risk. rampant environmental degradation, so many others—especially young day, and so are we adults in our
If there ever was a time for all of two of the most well known being people I know—is how in the world everyday lives.
us to make a difference for on-going Julia Butterfly and Erin Brockovich. did we get to this place where all So live lightly on the earth, and
quality of life on this, our planet, it Julia was a young idealist who that we own and buy, besides being take action. As I always say, “Every
is now. Of course, I and many others had the guts to save some of the last way too much, is polluting and little bit helps,” but “do more if you
had those very same thoughts remaining ancient Redwood trees basically wrecking our planet? These can.”
way back in the 1970s. Back then, in California by camping out in
plastics still had carcinogenic the top of one of the largest (which
chemicals in them (even baby she called Luna), and staying there Patronize the Advertisers in The Catoctin Banner!
bottles), and industrial chemical for over one year without coming The Catoctin Banner exists due to the advertising support of those featured in each issue.
wastes were dumped into water down! Her goal was somewhat
like Love Canal and other places, achieved, making deals with the
creating severe health problems lumber company to preserve the
for people and wildlife living near trees surrounding Luna before she
them. Acid rain was killing off the descended back to the earth. After
beautiful trees in Germany’s Black that, she formed a small movement
forest; here in the States, many of earth-caring people, and I
lakes were becoming too acidic for actually heard her speak years ago
fish and other aquatic creatures at Hood college. She is one of my
to survive. If it were not for EPA heroines, and a major inspiration for
regulations, many of these problems many others. Perhaps we, too, can
would still exist! do something, perhaps not so grand,
You may or may not be or brave, as Julia, but something.
aware of the many late 1900s Another woman who stuck
environmentalists who were at the her neck out in order to make a
forefront of revealing damaging difference was Erin Brockovich.
pollution sources and actually doing Perhaps you remember the movie
something about it. Legal groups made about her efforts, starring
