"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
--Nelson Mandela
We made it
to Twenty Twenty. While there is so much good to celebrate in the world, there are so many reasons for concern and worry. The quality of our children's health and lives is at stake.
This year is
an especially critical year for Mother Earth. We are at a critical turning
point in what happens to our future. We need the
dignity, leadership, and passion of women - and men - to lead the planet away from the
cliff of climate change.
No apologies
for starting the first 2020 Wellness Wednesdays article on a serious note. In
my humble opinion, New Year’s resolutions should be laser focused on what each
of us can do to reduce our carbon footprint and to teach our children about the
interconnectedness of how the burning of fossil fuels is affecting migration patterns of
birds, rising water and air temperatures, rising sea levels, increased flooding, fires, and hurricanes, the impact of rising temperatures on food production, human migration, health
issues, and the quality of life of every person on this planet we call home.
We have
reached a point where the health and lives of America’s children will be
dramatically different than what their parents imagined for them. Unless we can take dramatic steps to dare to become educated, to change what must be changed, to care about the future.
Growing
Healthy Kids will work this year to educate children and parents about
healthy eating and reversing and preventing childhood obesity. We will educate children and parents about
taking care of our planet by taking care of our local communities by eliminating
the use of single use bottles, recycling, and reducing our impact. What you can do as parents is educate yourselves about what you and your children can do to reduce your use of fossil fuel. Start this year by making the resolution to plant trees where you live.
The planet
will survive. The question is, will
we?
With love,
Nancy
Heinrich, MPH
Founder and
Wellness Architect
Growing
Healthy Kids, Inc.
Dedicated to improving the health - and lives - of America's children
