Wild Earth Integration

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (and again).

It’s all connected.

Now I know that that phrase is laden with Circle of Life cheesiness and most of the time people respond with eyerolls, but there’s no getting around it.

Why repeat myself so much? The sooner we accept it, the sooner we can move on and do something about this whole Save-the-Earth thing.

Here’s a little Monday thought for the day that ought to get you started.

I’m going to tell you about Argon.

If you’ve taken (and remember) a chemistry class, you probably know about Argon. Because it’s a Monday, I”ll save you the suspense – it’s an element. Likes to hover around the right side of the ol’ periodic table.

Every time you exhale, you breathe out approximately 30,000,000,000,000,000,000 Argon atoms.

Argon is everywhere. It’s in plants, animals, pastry, you name it. But Argon is also special. It’s one of those elements that doesn’t want to change. Argon is stubborn. Because of this, they stick around forever and stay exactly the same.

So, the Argon atoms that you’re breathing now are the same atoms that Leonardo da Vinci exhaled. They’re the same atoms Elvis breathed and they’re the ones that could be in China, the Antarctic or Italy about a year from now.

They’re also the same atoms that dinosaurs exhaled.

Think about it – atoms that entered a T-Rex’s system 68 million years ago are the same ones you’re breathing right now.

Incidentally, they’re also the same atoms your great-great-great (I could go on) grandchildren will one day breathe in.

What’s true for Argon is true for air and our whole planet. Everything on this Earth is connected by air in a very literal sense. It’s all the same.

Of course, we are also connected by water, soil and a whole bunch of other stuff, but that’s a story for another day.

Happy Monday, friends – Keep it wild!