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[https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/denis-hayes-50-years-of-earth-day-and-where-we-go-from-here/ by Katherine Myer 22/4/20 GREENPEACE] | [https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/denis-hayes-50-years-of-earth-day-and-where-we-go-from-here/ by Katherine Myer 22/4/20 GREENPEACE] | ||
Denis Hayes organized the first Earth Day in 1970 and is board chair of the international Earth Day Network. Last week, he and Greenpeace USA Digital Content Strategist, Katie Myer, discussed the origins of Earth Day, how the landscape has changed since then, and why the environmental movement is fundamentally one of social and economic justice. This is an edited version of that conversation. | Denis Hayes organized the first Earth Day in 1970 and is board chair of the international Earth Day Network. Last week, he and Greenpeace USA Digital Content Strategist, Katie Myer, discussed the origins of Earth Day, how the landscape has changed since then, and why the environmental movement is fundamentally one of social and economic justice. This is an edited version of that conversation. | ||
=====Love it or hate it, Earth Day’s just not what it used to be. What happened?===== | |||
[https://grist.org/article/love-it-or-hate-it-earth-days-just-not-what-it-used-to-be-what-happened/ by Kate Yoder 22/4/19 Grist] | |||
In the beginning, it was a policy-shaking event that awakened a new generation of activists. But now even environmentalists have misgivings about it. Sure, they can get behind planting trees and clearing trash out of rivers, but they have issues with Earth Day itself. | |||
