Many countries in the New World celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas, which happened on October 12, 1492, as a holiday or official celebration. Columbus Day became a federal holiday in the United States in 1937, though people have celebrated Columbus's voyage since the colonial period.
Whether we celebrate Columbus day or Thanksgiving, this is the perfect time to cultivate gratitude for our good fortune and reflect on our egregious environmental impacts. Such an awareness can give way to modes of life more in harmony with the natural world.
Columbus day marks the genesis of our exploitation of the new world and Canadian Thanksgiving commemorates nature's gifts. As we ebb ever closer to irreversible tipping points, we must seize the opportunity to deepen our commitments to greener living and more sustainable practices.
This is an ideal time to acknowledge our impacts and realize that we must change our relationship to nature and our limited planetary resources. This is a time to show our appreciation for the environment by learning to be better stewards of the earth.
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