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Mirror moment: What are we doing?

Mirror moment: What are we doing?

The Artdog Quote of the Week  What we sow, we reap. What goes around comes around. It’s an ageless lesson too many of us never truly seem to learn or take to heart. How do you answer the question: What are you doing for yourself and others . . . and the world? IMAGE: Many thanks to the Amazon Aid Foundation’s “9 Inspiring Quotes about Forests” for this quote-image, featuring a quote from Mahatma Gandhi.

Our part to play

Our part to play

The Artdog Quote of the Week Only we can do that. Welcome to April! Once again this year, in honor of Earth Day, I’m focusing on environmental themes this month, this year with particular emphasis on what we can do to preserve the Earth for the future. IMAGE: This image gratefully uses the beautiful photo from Symphony For Love’s “Inspiring nature quotes by John Muir” and combines it with Muir’s words from an article in The Atlantic (August, 1897, Volume 80, No. 478, pp. 145–157).

Days of the Dead: Remembering the victims of human-made disasters

Days of the Dead: Remembering the victims of human-made disasters

What can we do? Sometimes we tend to look at the state of the world today, and say, “I’m just one person. What can I possibly do that makes any difference?” In yesterday’s All Saints Day post, I invited a pause to remember the amazing and valuable people who have perished in natural disasters this year–then to think about our own best response to those who are left behind. But not all disasters come in the form of storms, fires or earthquakes. Do you think of…

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We need an intervention!

We need an intervention!

The Artdog Quote of the Week It’s April, the month of Earth Day–in a year when the environment seems more endangered than it has in a while. Don’t expect me to hold back. IMAGE: Many thanks to Earth: The Operator’s Manual for this image.