Underground Writers Network Forum Challenge of the Week ~ #24

Valerie Jones	Challenge of the Week ~ #24 17 Years Ago Hello everyone! After a failed attempt at getting to the Missouri convention, here I am, back and in full force ;) How are you? This past week was full of events for me, but one I could not forget even if I was a little late for it, was the celebration of Earth Day. I am sure you all heard about it. It was on April 22nd. Do you know how Earth Day came to be? Of course, many religions have celebrations to Mother Earth and over the years they�ve developed rituals during certain periods of the year. But what made of Earth Day a national event? Quote: Actually, the idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in 1962. For several years, it had been troubling me that the state of our environment was simply a non-issue in the politics of the country. Finally, in November 1962, an idea occurred to me that was, I thought, a virtual cinch to put the environment into the political "limelight" once and for all. The idea was to persuade President Kennedy to give visibility to this issue by going on a national conservation tour. I flew to Washington to discuss the proposal with Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who liked the idea. So did the President. The President began his five-day, eleven-state conservation tour in September 1963. For many reasons the tour did not succeed in putting the issue onto the national political agenda. However, it was the germ of the idea that ultimately flowered into Earth Day. By Senator Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day So what do you say if (even being a little past the date) we put together our efforts to honor Nature�s day in our new challenge. Write in any style you wish, up to 1000 words, a piece that in some way honors Earth Day or what it means to you. I hope you enjoy it and have fun! ::cool:: Much love, Val
Tomás Ó C..	[no subject] 17 Years Ago ::mad:: Quickly, come run, the sky is falling We must find a frind, To protect us in these final hours, The world is going to end. They found the fox who took them in And eat each one, both soft and brittle And that is what the animals got For heeding chicken little. We seperate our rubbish To put in coded bins To save the earth and all amnkind And commit no envionmental sins. We give it to the council Who charge, us and in turn Ship the rubbish to China Where on beaches it will burn. But they will not be OUR carbon emissions Damaging OUR ozone layer Thats the Chinese for your WE did OUR bit, so THERE!
Ryan Merritt	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Here it is, short but sweet.
Chaos X 3	[no subject] 17 Years Ago I tried... ::confused::
Paul McCracken	[no subject] 17 Years Ago (Click Here to read mine)
Cdnsurfer	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Already did one for Earth Day. Here it is:
Valerie Jones	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Some great responses! Your creativity always astounds me, you all keep developing and growing to no end. If you have pieces to add you still have time until Saturday. In the mean time, all of you are invited to vote/choose your favorite piece/s to be featured next week.
Chad Lammert	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Under rising skies heaven and blue aimed a red hot helium air balloon scattering up into the clouds buzzing like bees covered in shrouds and clipped green grass pokes at her rear hearing the children come roaring near chasing their own helium balloons untill big honey dipped marshmallows fire up soon all are for singing none quiting their play until tired eyes have seen all of earth day
Alex Lifeson	[no subject] 17 Years Ago Not quite sure this qualifies under Earth Day, but it's all I've got. :)