Doing Your Best Is Good Enough
Happy Earth Week! The week of environmental education and action will culminate this Saturday, April 22 — Earth Day 2023 . This year’s theme is Invest In Our Planet : The Earth Day 2023 theme is focused on engaging the more than 1 billion people, governments, institutions, and businesses who participate in Earth Day to recognize our collective responsibility and to help accelerate the transition to an equitable, prosperous green economy for all. We are focused on reframing the conversation, accelerating action, and bringing everyone together to understand that this is within our reach if we work together. Of all the environmental health challenges covered on The PediaBlog in recent years, it is rising temperatures, melting glaciers, rising seas, and extreme and dangerous weather from climate change that seems to garner the most attention and cause the most anxiety among parents and children, says pediatrician Rebecca Philipsborn, M.D.: Climate chan...