So as it begins after midnight, we will now re-run the one we posted -- at a half century on.
. . .It has been [more than a half century] since that first Earth Day in New York City -- and Philly, New Orleans. . . and Boulder. It certainly doesn't seem a half-century ago -- but it now is.
To be sure, the work attached to the movement has never been more vital -- more urgent. We all share this fragile orb — and we are all responsible for how we pass it on, to our children, and theirs. So join with the kiddos. . . here:
. . . .Earth Day was a unified response to an environment in crisis — oil spills, smog, rivers so polluted they literally caught fire.
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet.
The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement, and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event. . . .
Now you know. Do something, even from home -- to move the agenda forward, in your sphere of influence. Please. It will help our fragile, beautiful blue sphere, immeasurably.
नमस्ते
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And a note on how far we have come: Nixon created the EPA. Now trump is dismantling
Indeed -- and this year I included a link to the documentary detailing the late Pope Francis's efforts on environmental issues. . . as I fear that the next Pontiff may try to roll much progress backward, as well -- returning maybe even to the Mass in Latin, to make it inaccessible to "we, the (common) people". But I'll keep a good thought.
Onward. A perilous time, to be certain.
Thanks -- and Namaste.
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