As is the case with most other events which are not a holiday, Google reminded me this morning that today is Earth Day. Founded in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, a democrat from Wisconsin, Earth Day was meant to be a day of action around the environment and other issues which affected the health of the earth.

You might recall that a few weeks ago, I wrote about water in this blog entry. Well, today, on Earth Day, RBC has announced that they're committing a further 1.5 million dollars to a grant pool (no water pun intended!) that will protect watersheds and drinking water. With all the talk about the composition of and effects of bottled water on the environment lately, it's a good thing somebody's thinking about water supplies...

As a side note, one of my favorite young finance bloggers, Stephanie from "Poorer than You", made a really interesting video about a bottled water that you should check out!

On Thursday Morning, I'll be meeting with some folks from the RBC Foundation as well as our corporate social responsibility group to talk to them about what these donations really mean... Watch for more to come...

In the meantime, there are a whole number of things that you can do to reduce your impact on the environment. You might even save some money. And these things are simple too... Turn your lights off... Turn down the heat and put on that nifty (or not so nifty) sweater that grandma gave you for your birthday! (Or take off the nifty sweater for the summer, and turn the AC down...)