My wife, Kate Crowley, and I begin our 1600 mile trek following the shoreline of Lake Superior on April 29. We have two days left before we leave and it is amazing to see the logistics playing out, the support vehicle loaded, the GPS routes mapped, and 2060 miles in training over the last year.
After careers in environmental education, Kate and I want to do something that focuses on the issues and ethics that drive us each day. We believe that fresh, clean water is one of the truly significant resources on earth, one of the basic two elements of life (along with air) and therefore something we take for granted as a society, but cannot live without as individuals.
So how do we make a difference? Our grandchildren entered our lives almost seven years ago and they brought with them not only the inspiration of their love and openness, but also the tangible connection between our lives, our grandparent's lives, and their future.
We knew we would not leave them with possessions or money, but we wanted to do something more important; we wanted to leave them a better planet to live on. So we chose our career capstone to be a walk around Lake Superior, with presentations and articles on fresh water, with research and activities that will leave a baseline of data at seven universities and with the knowledge that through sponsors like BeneVia, we can deliver a message to our generation and those who follow, that we begin to cure the health of the planet by taking care of the health of our bodies.
We make a difference for the future by living as well as we can, within the ethics we believe in, and we set a bar for the future to follow. We challenge the next generation to make a difference and fellow baby boomers to take up a cause.
Eat healthy, exercise, care about the planet and make decisions based on leaving a better world for the next generation.
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