It's the one day in the year where we can take a step back, and try making sure that our Planet is a little better than it was the day before. Ever since 1990 in Canada, Earth Day has been celebrated on April 22nd. Earth Day originally started in the United States in 1970, but reached the Global scale in 1990.

There is a lot of different you can do on a day like April 22nd, and not only on that day, but all throughout the year to make sure the Environment a little bit better than it was the day before.

- Driving to work with a co-worker, car-pooling, taking public transits in larger communities, riding your bicycle, or walking to closer destinations

- Planting Trees, growing your own gardens with vegetables and fruits

- Buying Energy Efficient Appliances, using re-chargeable electronics (solar panel)

- Minimizing the use of paper

- Reduce, Re-use, and Recycling old products (cardboard, cans, bottles, paper, milk jugs, electronics... etc.)

- Picking up garbage along curbs, ditches, stuff blowing around town

Friday April 22nd, 2016 is also a big day because Country Leaders from different nations all across the world are pledging to make a difference. The United Nation are hosting a "Historic Gathering" in New York City consisting of over 160 Country Leaders who will be signing the Paris Climate Treaty. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in NYY, and has signed his name pledging that Canada will do everything in its power to harness renewable energy in a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

We could all make a small impact on days like today, especially right here in Saskatchewan. A recent Conference Board of Canada Report slammed the Province of Saskatchewan with a grade of a D- (minus) on its Environmental Report Card. During the study there is 10 factors involved in the report, and Saskatchewan received a D or a D- on all but 2 of the indicators.

So whatever you do today, whether it's biking to a friend's house instead of driving, or picking up a piece of garbage on the side of the road. Today is Earth Day, and the least we could do is help out a little bit.