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Sohn: Despite COVID-19 and tornadoes, Earth Day gives us hope and choices

Photorealistic globe with lots of details - 3D rendering, Earth. / Getty Images/iStock/RomoloTavani
Photorealistic globe with lots of details - 3D rendering, Earth. / Getty Images/iStock/RomoloTavani Photorealistic globe with lots of details - 3D rendering, Earth. / Getty Images/iStock/RomoloTavani

“The Earth is our environment to protect and the garden to tend to.”

– Pope Francis, Earth Day 2015

Yes, Earth Day 2020 is still happening. Despite COVID-19. Despite tornadoes. Despite grief and poisonous politics.

Despite all that, we still have hope and love and compassion for ourselves, our neighbors and our planet.

And those are the ingredients of any Earth Day, no matter our politics or our vicissitudes.