Happy Earth Day

Did you know that today is the Earth Day? I didn't, but my phone 'told' me about it :-) I learned that the Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues and is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. The brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the antiwar protests of the late 1960s, Earth Day was originally aimed at creating a mass environmental movement. By raising public awareness of air and water pollution, Nelson hoped to bring environmental causes into the national spotlight..