EARTH DAY 2020
This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. In the Spring of 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson(D-Wisconsin) proposed a national "teach-in" after touring an oil spill devastation off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, which happened a year earlier in January of 1969. As his idea blossomed, he set up an independent organization called Environmental Teach-In to handle the grass-roots movement which created "Earth Day". On April 22,1970 more than 20 million Americans participated in the first awareness. It worked, in December of 1970 the Environmental Protection Agency was created to tackle all environmental issues, including the Clean Air Act ,the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. Needless to say, the EPA has changed leadership in this administration and most rules and regulations have been relaxed or removed, not to the benefit of the environment. For a more in depth look at Earth Day please see The History of Earth Day.
We must take care of our planet and its environment, human existence depends on it. We have seen the effects of Coronavirus , with us having to be sequestered, the capabilities the planet can heal itself without us. Just think what together the possibilities can be, living in harmony with nature.
There is no planet "B"
Have a great week.
Be kind.
WASH YOUR HANDS.
Judd
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