Only on Earth Day do we start thinking about how to save the environment. The sad thing is majority of us will not have any course of action; they just THINK only. The minority will try to change their lifestyle for a start to reduce, reuse and recycle, but for a limited time only. Try as they might, they just couldn't adapt to it. Well, at least there are a couple of us here on Earth, the Earth Protectors (lolx), who will consistently save whatever they can.
On this day, news are spreading messages to conserve for our habitat's sake. You can see footage of governments/corporations/individuals planting tree/s, reducing the use of plastic bags, cutting down residential utilities usage etc...However, most of these gimicks are like short plays you see on stage. Once that week is over, they'll go back to releasing more SO2, CO2, CO and CFCs and it's relatives that'll destroy the ozone layer and worsen the already undesirable global warming.
With the change in the seasonal climatic change around the globe, species that couldn't adapt just in time will die to extinction. Floods, droughts, drop in land area etc will be the challenges we have to face in time to come. What we can do now is to do our part as the dominant Earthlings - Stop Wasting, Start Saving.