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𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲̇𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗔 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱-𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲Paramėlis Island is not an island at all, but it is a great and w...
29/08/2025

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲̇𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗔 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱-𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲

Paramėlis Island is not an island at all, but it is a great and wild place for rare birds and unobtrusive bird-watchers. I have just reposted this from Channel BlueGreen to my SubStack. It explains how a boardwalk, educational signboards, and an observation tower may contribute to wetlands conservation and promoting biodiversity. The post also includes some stunning photography.

Lying along Lithuania’s border with Belarus is the country’s largest expanse of raised bog wetlands, most of which are within the Čepkeliai Nature Reserve that is completely closed to tourists. Paramėlis Island lies just outside this reserve. Its large meadow needs human assistance for its restoration and continuous care. Because it is not within the Čepkeliai reserve, Paramėlis Island appeals to bird-watchers, some of whom are among the contributors to the Paramėlis Nature Restoration Fund (https://www.paramelis.org/en/). The Restoration Fund has adopted this unique but smallish patch of wetland of great current and potential biodiversity.

Among many other species, the Restoration Fund aims to bring back the Great Snipe, one of Europe’s rarest bird species.

https://galekirking.substack.com/p/katra-river-valley-biodiversity

Can tourism support wetlands restoration, environmental education, forest conservation, and increased biodiversity? Those are the aims on “Paramėlis island”.

𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. (𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧...
09/08/2025

𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

(𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠)

Very often, a would-be conscientious investor cannot describe what exactly he or she does and does not regard as responsible investing. That’s a little problematic, as it leaves one essentially without a solid foundation upon which to begin building an investment portfolio. That this personal ambiguity so often exists should not be too surprising. After all, responsible investing comes in many flavors and even goes by various names. Moreover, every ethically thinking person can – and arguably should – have one’s own views in this area. Particularly if an investor is consulting with an expert financial adviser, however, it is crucial to provide a clear, logical, and complete summary of one’s ethical requirements.

In this third in a series of essays on responsible investing, Gale A. Kirking, who is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has earned the CFA Institute’s Certificate in ESG Investing, suggests a framework to help an investor know oneself. Click on a link below to read this and Kirking’s first and second essays on 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 (https://lnkd.in/dxm9MhDA) or at 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 (https://lnkd.in/eHkwQbJN).

“Because the range of views on corporate responsibility is so broad,” Kirking writes, “I think the best starting point for an individual is to spell out for yourself what issues are most important to you. In addition to a prohibited or disfavored products and services list, I suggest taking what can be called a ‘stakeholders’ approach. Stakeholders are groups or entities potentially influenced by a company and its activities or that are able to affect such organization.”

Besides suggesting how to define one’s responsible investing preferences, Kirking introduces in this essay how he uses that information in evaluating companies. He describes real examples involving two very different companies: United Natural Foods and Utah Medical Products. Kirking recommends, too, that ethically conscious investors think through and define what are their investment return expectations, their risk preferences, and the flexibility of their ethical demands.

“If some sector or group of stocks has been really hot recently and you’re not invested in it, your investment returns are likely to underperform,” Kirking notes. “Lately, the market’s hot spot has been artificial intelligence, but in future it might be nuclear power, weapons systems, human cloning, surveillance systems, or something else. Ask yourself, will you be willing to sit out those loftier returns? If not, well, that’s up to you to decide, but you might want to think about it ahead of time.”

https://bluergreener.world/what-does-responsible-mean-to-you-first-know-yourself/

Very often, ethically conscientious investors cannot themselves describe unambiguously what they do and do not regard as responsible investments. That, as I wrote in my introduction to this series…

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸...
30/07/2025

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶-𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻. There is no person, living or dead, who has had and continues to have greater influence – for better (mostly) or worse – on the investment industry from the late 1970s until today than John C. Bogle. Bogle, the cantankerous, self-righteous, irrepressible, and outspoken founder of The Vanguard Group and undisputedly the father of index investing, has been dead since 2019, but his importance will long continue.

This series of mini-reviews on my Substack focuses on selected investment books that have most influenced and guided me in my career to date and that I can strongly recommend to others.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 is in about equal measures Bogle biography, Vanguard corporate history, and investment industry critique. Although it is the telling of the Bogle and Vanguard stories that carries the reader through the book, it was for me the critical presentation of the investment and capital markets context and critique that added the most value. In addition to being an excellent writer, the author had learned the investment business context very well and helps the reader to understand the underlying whys and hows.

𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶-𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙 .....

𝙁𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮’𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩 is one those books I have found most benefic...
17/07/2025

𝙁𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮’𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩 is one those books I have found most beneficial as an investor and that have most shaped my own views on the investment industry. That’s why I have included it in my series of investment book mini-reviews on my Substack BlueGreen.
This book does the best job of any I have ever seen or read in explaining how the American mutual fund industry came to be, how it has affected the securities markets generally, and how it has largely avoided meaningful regulation to this very day. The author, Diana B. Henriques, demonstrates why every active investor needs to understand the role and influence that the mutual fund industry plays in those markets even if he or she does not personally invest in mutual funds.
By the way, my next mini-review will discuss the work and ideas of one man who did more than any other to shape – partly for better and perhaps partly for worse – the investments industry and capital markets in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. So that you don’t miss that, please consider subscribing to my Substack, BlueGreen.

Investment book, a mini-review: Fidelity’s World: The Secret Life and Public Power of the Mutual Fund Giant The United States securities market is the largest in the world and, perhaps, at times, arguably, one of the best regulated. From an investor’s viewpoint, that market’s development and r...

𝗔𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 (𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳...
20/06/2025

𝗔𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆

(𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨)

The most important reason responsible investing can be so daunting is that the investment industry is not set up to facilitate responsible investment for individuals. That’s according to the author of this essay series, Gale A. Kirking, CFA. “That probably sounds like strong condemnation, and I suppose it is,” he admits, “but I intend this observation to be realistic, helpful, and potentially even constructive.”

Call it “sustainable,” “responsible,” or “ESG” (for environmental, social, and governance), investing according to one’s conscience can be challenging but not impossible. An ethical investor needs, though, to understand a few things about the investment business and what it offers. That’s what this second essay in a six-part series is about.

Click on a link below to read this and Kirking’s first essay on 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 (https://bluergreener.world/an-introduction-to.../) or at 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 (https://galekirking.substack.com/).

Without criticizing financial advisers for providing services where they add the most value, Kirking explains why they nevertheless are constrained in assisting ethical investors. He’s less charitable regarding some others within and hanging around the business. Kirking offers insights on the motivations and limitations of financial market regulators, creators of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and some proponents of ESG investing. Especially crucial is to understand the motivations and maneuvers of firms issuing securities and the swarm of marketers helping them appear more green and responsible than they really are.

In a classic example of ESG investment malfeasance, Kirking describes how Philip Morris, the manufacturer and seller of Marlboro ci******es and other smoking, smokeless, and va**ng products strives to be recognized as a leading socially responsible company. The Marlboro people have done a pretty good job of manipulating the ESG ratings agencies and internet search algorithms. One agency gives Philip Morris a high ESG score of 94 points out of 100.

Kirking describes problems and constraints associated with “fiduciary duty,” limits on products and services financial advisers can sell, portfolio diversification, “best-in-class” ESG ratings, and attempts perhaps admirable in motivation but sometimes misleading in practice to associate ESG “risk” factors with investment risk, profitability, and growth opportunities.

A strong advocate of responsible investing, Kirking does not intend simply to paint a bleak picture. As this series continues, he aims to point ways forward through the thick ESG jungle that has grown up.

To see all this series as it rolls out, subscribe at 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 (https://bluergreener.world/can-we-invest-responsibly-despite-the-financial-services-industry-yes-but-first-we-need-to-understand-a-few-things/) or at 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 (https://galekirking.substack.com/) or follow one of our social media channels.

Second in a series: https://bluergreener.world/can-we-invest-responsibly-despite-the-financial-services-industry-yes-but-first-we-need-to-understand-a-few-things/

In my introductory essay to this series, I wrote that the single most important reason why responsible investing can be so difficult is that the financial services industry is not at all set up to facilitate truly responsible investment for individuals.

I have just now published this BlueGreen Minute to my Substack. We had published it to Channel BlueGreen some time ago, ...
17/06/2025

I have just now published this BlueGreen Minute to my Substack. We had published it to Channel BlueGreen some time ago, but I find the story so consequential that I felt it should be shared more broadly. Please check out my Substack for this and other important stories, analysis, and information.

Feeding programs fight hunger while supporting education

𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲Human volunteers are crucial to restoring and maintaining prairies, a...
12/06/2025

𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲

Human volunteers are crucial to restoring and maintaining prairies, and hand-collecting native grass and wildflower seeds is the most labor-intensive of that work. That’s because natural seed dispersion by wind and wildlife is not sufficient on smaller and disconnected patches of grasslands existing and being created today. Moreover, reestablishing prairie on land farmed or left to invasive species for generations requires much precious genetic material.

Dane County, Wisconsin, is blessed with hundreds of nature-loving and community-spirited volunteers who join in the annual native seed collection. Many of them belong to one of 17 “friends” groups active in the county. Typically, such a group will be attached to a specific park or nature preserve, but many of Dane County’s grasslands-supporting volunteers join in across the 15,000 acres (6,100 hectares) of park and approximately 4,000 acres of easements that the county manages.

Last year, Dane County’s seed gathers collected, cleaned, and further processed 3,100 pounds of native seed from 169 species. Each species is collected by hand, one seedhead at a time, then meticulously cleaned, sieved, and finally used to formulate 78 distinct seed mixes for use in different areas and habitats. Volunteers logged more than 50,000 hours doing this and other work, such as prescribed burning, seeding, trails maintenance, building nesting boxes, and invasive plants removal.

In this BlueGreen Minute (click link below) a volunteer and members of professional staff from the Dane County Land & Water Resources Department share their experience and knowledge in prairie restoration and volunteer activity. The BlueGreen Minute provides additional information to guide people even to start little (or large!) patches of prairie in their own backyards or on their own properties. We hope this multimedia information might inspire and assist others – anywhere in the world – to seek out or create volunteer restoration activities in their own communities, perhaps even to start a new friends group or organize to protect an important piece of habitat.

It’s late summer, but the dry grassland already displays autumn’s palette of washed-out greens, glowing yellows and golds, countless hues of brown.

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.Are you a responsible investor? Or do you think you are? Would you...
02/06/2025

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.

Are you a responsible investor? Or do you think you are? Would you like to get started in ethical investing? Maybe you’ve become frustrated with the whole idea of “responsible” or “sustainable” investment? You’re not alone.

Without trying to sell you anything other than maybe some ideas and clarity, Gale A. Kirking, a Charter Financial Analyst and holder of the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing, is today launching a six-part series (click on the link below) on 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 (https://bluergreener.world/an-introduction-to-responsible-investing-why-does-it-have-to-be-so-difficult/) and 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 (https://galekirking.substack.com/) intended to make the whole subject of ethical investment more understandable and manageable. Gale will share his experience from nearly a decade of responsible investing and more than 30 years of working in and around the business of finance and investment.

In this series, he will explain three reasons why responsible investing often appears difficult and that can, in fact, make ethical investment more challenging. (Spoiler alert: the first two are that 1) the financial services industry is not set up to facilitate truly responsible investment for individuals, and 2) well-intended, ethical investors often cannot themselves describe unambiguously what they do and do not want their investments to be).

After laying out some context to get responsible investors started thinking along the right track, Gale promises in future posts to suggest some possible approaches to responsible investing, explain how to design and build a responsible investment portfolio, and offer a primer on how he picks investments for his own responsible investment portfolio.

To see all this series as it rolls out, please subscribe at 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 (https://bluergreener.world/an-introduction-to-responsible-investing-why-does-it-have-to-be-so-difficult/) or at 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 (https://galekirking.substack.com/) or follow one of our social media channels.

by Gale A.

𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝟱𝟱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆.If Senator Ga***rd Nelson of Wisconsin were with us today, might he give essentially the speech...
22/04/2025

𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝟱𝟱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆.

If Senator Ga***rd Nelson of Wisconsin were with us today, might he give essentially the speech as the one he delivered to students on the University of Wisconsin—Madison campus on the eve of the first Earth Day in 1970? Fifty-five years ago, Nelson stated:

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦? 𝘠𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

In his essay Earth Day at 55: A Look Back to 1970, A Look around Today (https://bluergreener.world/earth-day-at-55-a-look-back-to-1970-a-look-around-today/), BlueGreen’s Editor-in-Chief Gale A. Kirking recollects the first Earth Day, discusses environmental progress and failures since that time, and explains why the burning in our cars of ethanol from corn is one of the great failures of his Earth Day Generation.

Ga***rd Nelson, the founder of Earth Day, speaks to a crowd in Milwaukee on April 21, 1970.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆.Tomorrow, April 22, 2025, Earth Day turns 55. The environmental movement has come a long ...
21/04/2025

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆.

Tomorrow, April 22, 2025, Earth Day turns 55. The environmental movement has come a long way since 1970, but there is still so very much to be done. We at BlueGreen suggest you view this Earth Action Day video and share it with friends, neighbors, and family. For a look back to the first Earth Day in 1970 and the five and a half decades since, read at our website Earth Day at 55: A Look Back to 1970, A Look around Today (https://bluergreener.world/earth-day-at-55-a-look-back-to-1970-a-look-around-today/).

Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, and as the world reaches a tipping point, our leaders have chosen this moment to roll back environmental and heal...

20/04/2025
𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟮 𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆.On this 55th Earth Day, we encourage you to do something special to honor the o...
18/04/2025

𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟮 𝗶𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆.

On this 55th Earth Day, we encourage you to do something special to honor the only planet we have. Perhaps most importantly, talk about Earth Day with your friends, neighbors, and family members. Remind them of the importance of protecting our environment and caring for all living things inhabiting our world. Our voices and our actions are important.

In anticipation of Earth Day, we at BlueGreen suggest you view and share Living in the Future’s Past, an award-winning environmental film, narrated and produced by Jeff Bridges, directed by Susan Kucera. For a look back to the first Earth Day in 1970 and to consider both how far we have come and how very far we have still to go, read at our website 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 55: 𝘈 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 1970, 𝘈 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 (https://bluergreener.world/earth-day-at-55-a-look-back-to-1970-a-look-around-today/).

Living in the Future's Past - This film upends our way of thinking and provides original insights into our subconscious motivations, the unintended consequen...

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