April 22 is Earth Day, with this year marking its 50th anniversary. The theme for Earth Day 2020 is climate action. Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable. Join Earth Day Live for 24 hours of hope and optimism with live streamed discussions and actions you can take from wherever you are on www.earthday.org. And enjoy Anthea’s poem in honour of this important day….

We terrorize your rich soil Yet we are you And you are us Nature is our very soul

We behave as if separate Living how we choose With no concept Of how much there is to lose

Fulfilling every whim Destructive as we go Entertainment our focus Neglecting our home

Home of our bodies Home of the soil The clay that forms us They land that holds us

We are the fire, it's flames our fears We are the hurricanes, the rains our tears We are the earthquakes, the cracks our sadness We are the cyclones, the wind our madness

Forgive us, Mother Earth For our unknowing We are still learning Like children, still growing

Coming to understand That it's us in danger Of extinction from our actions The blindness of man

What do we expect When we treat This our own home With such disrespect

You are safe You will survive The mother, the lover, The giver of life

It is us, your children So naive in our search For happiness out there Of which there is no end

But it was always inside Within your embrace Within the bodies and souls We've been graced

To realize this Is the only path To less destruction To stopping this madness

Reaching always for more When we already have it all We already Have it all