For Earth Day 2006 – Henry David Thoreau & Walden
When I realized it was Earth Day (April 22, 2006), my thoughts immediately went to Henry David Thoreau who, “… went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Thoreau understood all about Earth Day before we had to have a “holiday” claimed for it. He understood about simplicity and living deliberately. And now we read about how to do just that which, at one time, came so naturally.
If you have never read Thoreau’s Walden, don’t wait. It is a book that everyone should read and waste no time in doing so.
Walden – Online
NPR – Walden
Walden Woods Project
Walden Pond State Reservation
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