Earth Day is coming up on Wednesday, and it’s usually hard to decide what to do about that. Back in the 1970s, when Earth Day began, the answer was fairly simple: plant a tree, raise consciousness, promote cleaner air and water. It was a ritual of purification and celebration, a day for us to show how concerned we were about the deterioration of our environment, and our (perhaps naïve) determination to put things right. But none of us wanted to do what really needed to be done—to completely change our way of life. This year we can sit back and relax. Our lives are being changed for us. The coronavirus has accomplished what half a century of ecological education and propaganda have failed to accomplish. Our lives have been rearranged exactly as they should be, from an ecological point of view. Consider that the greatest global threat is overpopulation. With social distancing discouraging intimacy, the birth rate will certainly fall. As a bonus trillions of gallons of water in