A
half century ago Earth Day was a new and intriguing concept. Space exploration
had given us our first images of our planet as a whole ~ a beautiful blue orb,
a jewel in the cosmos. Yet many of us were painfully aware of the terrible damage
our species had done and was doing to that gem.
Earth Day was an opportunity for consciousness raising, for calling
attention to what needed to be done, for banding together to organize for
change.
