Happy Earth Day!

Today is one of my favorite days of the year! The day the whole world comes together to celebrate Mother Earth. I love how everyone starts thinking about changes they can make to save the planet and become a better steward of our one and only planet. Education is the key to changing the bad that has been done and just remember to spread the word.

In honor of Earth Day, I am spreading the message about a new film. A film that makes its debut, very appropriately, today. Earth is a film by Disney Nature that follows the lives of three animal families - polar bears, African elephants, and humpback whales - and their amazing journeys across the planet. What? No pugs? Sorry, they did not make the cut. But that's okay, because this movie focuses on endangered animals and pugs, thankfully, are not endangered.

James Earl Jones narrates the film as it captures the most intimate moments on our planet. Even if you have seen movies or documentaries like this before, it is still worth going to see this film. Mom always says that you learn new things whenever you seeing something again. Plus a film like this, with spectacular footage of some of our planets most endangered animals, never gets old. This film is about educating everyone about the plight of animals in peril. These animals are running out of time and may not be around forever.

If you purchase tickets to this film during its opening week, Disney will plant a tree in your honor. Wow! What a great thing to do. Advance ticket sales for the film have already exceeded 500,000 so there will soon be that many more trees on planet Earth. The trees will be planted in critical areas of biodiversity, including Brazil's Atlantic rain forest which is one of the most endangered in the world. So many plant and animal species that haven't even been discovered live in rain forests, not to mention the thousands that have. Everyone needs rain forests for their survival and once they are gone, well it's not going to be pretty. Kudos to Disney for helping out in such a huge way and for setting an example for all to follow.

So get out and see this film, learn from it, ask questions about it, and take action now before it's too late. Pugs are lucky they are not endangered, but not all animals are. You can make a difference, not just on Earth Day, but every day, because every day is Earth Day.