"Save the Earth!!" I was screaming in a street corner, along with many of my friends and classmates, giving pamphlets and invitations to people "Take a few minutes of your time this Friday to save the Earth!" I handed the pamphlet to a man, who was sneering at me.

"For what, kid? Earth had given me nothing" he stated, before dropping the pamphlet on the street in my face. I sighed and watched as the man retreated himself.

"If it wasn't for people like us, you'd be dead, suitman!" I growled lowly, while putting the all torn and folded pamphlet into the recycled bin. Stefanie walked to me and placed a hand on my shoulder "Why people can't see that what we're promoting is for their own good?"

"Because there's only a handful of people who can see what they have before they lose it" she replied, with one of those philosophical and deep messages of her. Sometimes, we wonder if Stefanie isn't some monk or Buda reincarnated. She's awful mysterious.

"Guess that's true..." I sighed, not wanting to give up, but after being on that corner for hours and all I got was getting my pamphlets being dropped and people being rude to me, then I would recognized defeat "You know, maybe we're in the wrong place... I mean, what if we move our stand towards the lake and stuff?"

"That sounds like a great idea!" Toby beamed at me, while everyone nodded and started to gather our stuff in agreement. I observed the group as I remembered the first time I met them. I was some weird new transfer guy with a girly name from Easter Europe that everyone made fun of because my hair was whiter than the snow. But that changed after a semester and was completely ignored and wondering where was my place in school or society when I met Stefanie. She changed my world.

We walked towards the city, giving pamphlets to bystanders and chatting around, maybe even picking some things for the recycled bin, but we practically were in our own world. Once we reached the park, we walked towards the lake. The lake was defrosting itself and looked like if it was some kind of small ocean with several icebergs and ice covers. Watching the scene, we decided to stand next to it, repeating the same procedure as before.

"Malcolm, look!" I heard a girl calling a guy, who she was holding by the arm. It was obvious it was a couple by the way they interacted and they were happy. She was a lovely brunette, with slightly tan skin for outside work with a light coat on top of her clothes. Her grass green eyes were sparkling at something she had looked and she was excited.

The guy was blonde, but it was also tanned as well. He was wearing some windbreaker and a pair of jeans, nothing special about his clothes. His eyes were focused on the girl next to him and was beginning to smile to end up in a soft laugh.

"And you were saying we would never find them..." the guy, which name was apparently Malcolm, said back, smirking at the girl. The girl had the decency of acting mature, sticking her tongue out, earning a new chuckle from the guy.

"Alright, you were right..." the girl admitted, sighing. The couple walked towards us, wearing smiles. I was instantly in business mode.

"Hi, we'd like to invite you to a very special occasion!" That phrase caught the attention of my partners and we were all in business mode. I handed them a pamphlet and they read it "This next Friday is Earth's Day and we were planning on honoring her by making several activities during the day to celebrate what she had given us..." Malcolm muttered something I couldn't hear, but the girl shut him up with an elbow to his stomach.

"That sounds great!" she announced, making everyone happy "I wasn't sure if it was gonna be this year, because my sister was in the last one and she was having problems with her pregnancy-"

"Remember, Miranda, that was Travis' fault" Malcolm butted in, earning a nod from the girl, Miranda.

"Anyway, we are interested!" I smiled at her enthusiasm and willingness "Where would it be and would it be OK if we bring some people with us?" I was beyond ecstatic! This girl just said the words we were hoping to hear from the entire day!

"Well, everyone that it's willing to help would be invited and for the rest of the information..." I redirected towards my friends, who were excited as I was.

Maybe this year would it be better than last...

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"I'm Marcus Smart, reporting for NatGeo News. We're here with Emile FonButch, representative of the organization 'One Seed At A Time'-" I was standing in front of a TV reporter that was making me an interview about what we were going today. Apparently, that girl that we met during the week, Miranda, took home with her all the pamphlets we had printed for the day and we didn't heard from her in a week. Today, she showed up with Malcolm and hundreds of kids and families... and half of them were famous!! "-who is responsible for today's event here, in Central Park. Tell us Emile, did you imagine such a attendance?"

"To be honest, I was expecting much less people and no exposure in the media, unless you count the blogs and stuff..." I admitted, trying not to scratch my neck in nervousness "We're very happy how many people had attended and we're expecting more people as the day go by..."

"What's the point of the event today?"

"Well, most of the people here were contacted because their businesses are eco-friendly and not that famous" I began, trying to stay cool. Luckily, I had Stefanie by my side "The entrance ticket would allow us to gather money for the last event on the day, while everything that the people sell will be gain to their businesses..."

"Which is the last event?"

"Well, around dawn, we'll invite people to come with us to a greenhouse. There, the money we gathered with the entrance would be used to buy trees and we'll take them towards different little parks outside New York and we'll plant them" I finished, proud of what we were doing "Each tree would be picked by the attendance people, who would be the 'godparents' of said tree"

"I have to say, I'm surprised this kind of event was hidden in the New York jungle"

"This is our third year and, our success belongs to a couple of friends who work as garden architects, knowing what we do is important, not just for us jow, but for future generations as well..." I confessed, trying to be humble "We might be young right now, as an organization, but we're not the only ones that have this point of view... Someday, we could be working hand-to-hand with Greenpeace!"

"Well, guys, I wished you the best and for all of you who are at home, come meet us in Central Park, NorthWest corner for some relaxing time between the trees, taking your kids to learn how to look out for a plant and try out many of the delicacies that the Earth can offer us! I'm Marcus Smart, from NatGeo News, telling you guys that it's time to get dirty! Happy Earth Day!"

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Happy Earth Day, guys!

Today is the day we take care of our Mother Earth (not Gaea, mind you... She can sleep for eons for all I care... Unless she has some kind of new attitude, which I doubt) thanking her and honoring her by doing stuff that could help us having her healthy for a few more centuries. How can you help? Here are some ideas of my own...

Love having flowers in your house, as well as jam/marmalade/peanut butter? Clean the jars and you'll have nice vases!

Change your normal lightbulbs for less consume lightbulbs. To make a nice ceiling lamp, use your clean jars!

Have many friends/coworkers that live near you and you're far away from school/work? Share a car!

Live near school/work? Use a bike or walk! Great exercises any of them!

Printed something wrong, but it wasn't something to hand to your boss/teacher? Write notes on the back! Or cut it in small papers like post-its!

Did you know that rain water makes your long hair look more nurture? Gather rain water for your last wash!

Gather rain water and use it to water your inner plants! Also, you can gathered in somewhere cold and dry to use it when it's dry season on your garden!

Have more ideas? Share them in the comments!! Together, we can make a difference!