Earth Day and Beyond

Each year, Earth Day—April 22—marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

The height of counterculture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” War raged in Vietnam and students nationwide overwhelmingly opposed it.

At the time, Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. “Environment” was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news.

Although mainstream America largely remained oblivious to environmental concerns, the stage had been set for change by the publication of Rachel Carson’s New York Times bestseller Silent Spring in 1962.  The book represented a watershed moment, selling more than 500,000 copies in 24 countries, and beginning to raise public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and links between pollution and public health.

Earth Day 1970 gave voice to that emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns on the front page.

- See more at: http://www.earthday.org/about/the-history-of-earth-day

Take action! Love Earth!

Support Earth Day Campains
Visit: http://www.earthday.org/campaigns/

There are so many things that we can do to show love on our planet earth.

We can plant trees, water them, let them grow and stay. Avoid using plastics or recycle and reuse them. Stop littering! Reduce smoke! We can help our earth in our little simple way. Unplug appliances when not in use. Conserve water. I know you can, with your simple ways, It will count.

Make Earth Day EVERYDAY!