The organizers of this yearâs Earth Day celebration have an important reminder for all of us: âas the world returns to normal, we canât go back to business-as-usual.â
Over the last year, weâve all suffered at the hands of the global pandemic, whether by sacrificing time with family and friends, struggling with the loss of a job, or mourning the loss of a loved one. If we want to avoid future and potentially more deadly pandemics, now is the time to examine how our own actions in taking the natural world for granted brought on this moment in human history.