World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day. June 5th, every year. A day that started in 1972 and has been running ever since — which is itself a lesson in consistency paying off over time.

I’ll keep this one practical, because I think environmental care suffers when it becomes abstract. Here’s what I believe: the porch light philosophy scales down and it scales up. You take care of the person in front of you. You take care of your street. You take care of your piece of the world. And then you support the people doing that work at larger scales, because you understand that care compounds.

One small thing today. Pick up something that shouldn’t be on the ground. Take the longer route that goes through somewhere green. Eat something that came from close by. Open the windows instead of the air conditioning.

Small. Real. Today. Keep the light on for whoever comes after you.

Care compounds. Your small piece matters to the whole.

What’s one small, concrete thing you can do today for the world just outside your door?