Travel Haiku - National Park Week Poem by john tiong chunghoo

Earth Day 2008
heating up, the call
to cool earth

Earth Day 2008
the call to cool earth
heats up

National Park Week
green survival
our survival

National Park Week
men, a mouthpiece
for trees, grass, shrubs

Earth Day 2008 will present thousands of opportunities for people around the world to put the environment first for a moment, from high-minded calls and concerts agitating for action against global warming, to community-minded eco-events to clean up local watersheds or plant more neighborhood trees. U.S.-based families should also check out the kid-focused National Park Week (April 19-27) , featuring Earth Day-centric events like Yosemite's Earth Dance Film Festival as well as special Junior Ranger Days in places like Kentucky's Mammoth Cave or Maine's Acadia National Park.