Earth Day 50: A Great Wind Blowing
Friday, March 27, 2020 at 6:57AM"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."
Catherine the Great
By Diane Hofstede
First Earth Day: April 1970
Because there was no EPA, no Clean Air Act, no Clean Water Act. There were no legal or regulatory mechanisms to protect our environment. In spring 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson, Senator from Wisconsin, created Earth Day as a way to force this issue onto the national agenda. An estimated 20 million people gathered!
Since its inception in 1970, Earth Day continues to grow as a worldwide phenomenon focused on promoting clean living and a healthy, sustainable habitat for people and wildlife alike. Celebrating Earth Day serves as a conscious reminder of how fragile our planet is and how important it is to protect it.
The 50th year celebration of Earth Day is on April 22, 2020
The theme for Earth Day 2020 is Climate Action.
The enormous challenge — but also the vast opportunities — of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.
Worldwide, the issue of our changing climate and the actions that we, all of us, can take, today and on a daily basis to make a difference. If not for ourselves, but for future generations, our children and grandchildren and the children that are in our dreams.
Due to our challenging and changing environment all of the Earth Day celebrations in Minneapolis have been cancelled as organized activities, however each and every one of us can grab a bag and go to into our community, along our river’s edge and clean up our environment. By our collective actions we can celebrate our home! We do not have option 2 for a second home! We have Mother Earth!
