A few days ago I saw a small, unassuming house with just a few solar panels on the roof. Sometimes you leave your reusable shopping bags at home when you go the supermarket and have to pick up one of those flimsy single-use plastic bags that often end up in the trees. The other day I forgot to bring water to my exercise class and had to buy a bottle.

It's ok. It's the willingness that counts, the growing awareness. When you remember most of the time it slowly becomes part of your culture. It matters if you care and do a little bit often.

Caring for the environment, even just a bit, on this Earth Day weekend, is what our planet needs so much from all of us at this time.