According to the official Earth Day website (http://www.earthday.org/earthday2010) - "Forty years after the first Earth Day (April 22), the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity ? an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future."

When I look around me at the amazing people and initiatives in my community and across Canada, I could not agree more! Having traveled extensively throughout the world I can say from first hand experience that yes, we have a long way to go before we achieve a sustainable balance, and some would say we are running out of time. I say that while some are still sleeping in blind ignorance, many of us, are indeed waking up and stepping up. And while I do agree that we must stay informed by watching the 'news' and doing everything we can to support and protect the Earth, I do believe with every cell in my being that true healing and evolution begins within the individual mind, body, heart and soul, and that each one of us must attend to our own health first and that this in turn will serve the planet's highest good. Yes I could go on, but you get the point. Eat well, move well, think well and love well. The Earth will always thank you!

And we thank you too, especially when you do it all here at the Base:)