April 5, 2009 Hello friends! This week the NBA is celebrating Earth Week. I think this is great that the NBA is using our platform to raise awareness about Earth Day and the issues that are facing our environment. I like to think that I am an environmentally conscience person. At the Battier household, we try to practice the 3 "R's"......Reduce, Re-use, Recycle. We only have one earth and we must respect it and treat it kindly. I challenge you to reflect on your personal commitment to protecting our earth and its resources. The beauty of having environmental awareness is that it is simple and every small thing will help. If you just turn off the lights when you leave a room, you will be saving our atmosphere from the carbon dioxide that is released when we use electricity. I always try to reuse cardboard boxes and other containers to keep them out of landfills. I know I am only one person, but if everyone just did a little to help preserve our earth, the impact would be tremendous. To commemorate earth week, the NBA is allowing us to wear "green shoes." Although the Rockets do not have green as one of their primary colors, I will be wearing special Peak shoes that serve to raise awareness for earth week. My shoes will be a combination of white, silver, and green. The green symbolizes life, nature and health. The silver symbolizes civilization, the mixing of earth and concrete. The white in the shoes symbolizes purity and cleanness. The combination of all these colors serves as a reminder to care for our planet and to help keep the environment clean. There is also a really cool "31 recycling" symbol on the back of the shoe that shows that I like to recycle and that I am a friend of the earth! So when you watch us play this week, take a look at my shoes as well as everyone who wears "green shoes" this week. Let it serve as a reminder that we must protect our planet and take necessary steps to preserve it for future generations. Take care my friends, Shane LINK
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