Earth Day

…and, blessed to spend my summers upstate at camp in the beautiful Catskill Mountains.   

In 1970 just before my family moved to Massachusetts – my Uncle (who worked at Rockefeller University – “science for the benefit of humanity”) along with my Dad, took my cousin and I to Greenwich Village to celebrate among thousands of other New Yorkers the first Earth Day.   

They had us make a sign that said,

Kids care about Earth, too.

My Dad was an engineer – who grew up on a farm and loved the feel of the earth in his hands; he transferred that reverence over to me.    Dad also loved doing the jitterbug, fishing, stargazing, making model airplanes and gardening; he had a green thumb – everything he touched grew and blossomed.   He was enthralled with the stars and the dirt – he said long ago, that they were essentially the same.

He planted every kind of fruit and flowering tree on our property – always reminding me that what we took from Mother Nature we had to give back to keep the balance of systems and flow.  He was a true engineer and before his time!   

(the acronym L.A.C.E means Lean Agile Center of Excellence.) Our company provides a Digital Transformation Platform that enables large enterprise to organically and autonomously move from waterfall to Agile – to improve software development lifecycles and nurture a healthy cultural intelligence that supports corporate mission and vision – as well as the evolution of humanity. 

This is a consummate celebration Earth Day for me – a far cry from my sign in 1970.  

Not so far removed though from my mind is my Dad’s impression – with his mantra, give back what you take and nurture the Earth – our home, as a means of human accountability. 

The mobileLACE mantra is “Build A Better Business, Build A Better World”  – my wish for Earth Day 2021 is that we could all support this concept by doing something small but personal to make an Earth Day difference.