So happy world wetland and water hog day.
While checking out the website that wetland link international has I was inspired by a section on their website where people could make a pledge to help wetlands . Not only where they trying to get people to commit to helping in whatever way they could they framed the pledge by asking folks what category they saw themselves helping in. The neatest part of the site was the international character of the pledge. people from around the world were signing up because disappearing wetlands are indeed an international problem and solutions are taking place from wetland to wetland. In my own pledge I realized that I actually do a pretty poor job of explaining wetlands to kids and why they are so valuable. My focus is so much on the birds that I forget that without the marsh itself we would not have the bonanza of biodiversity that I want so many to experience. It's not that i don't think of how wonderful the marsh is itself. i truly do I would have to say that I have a love affair with the marsh. Whenever I am away I miss her and when I am at the marsh I feel whole . It is the perfect relationship. I am not going to carry on with this metaphor as I think I am making my point and am not sure that I know enough about relationships to hold my own under scrutiny. The real point I am trying to make is that I want to pledge to do more to help people understand the significance and beauty of the marsh and what better day to take this pledge then on world wetland day.
If you are interested in taking the pledge here is the link
http://www.worldwetlandsday.org/make-a-pledge
