He wrote an editorial proposing a peaceful satellite, a Star of Hope that would be visible from Earth as it flashed at the rate of a baby's heartbeat. The idea was published in other newspapers and led to a meeting with President Eisenhower. A crew member on Starship Earth with a destination of peace. The satellite was never launched, but he was now on a new trajectory. By the late 1960's, he had moved to New York and embraced the world itself when he came up with Earth Day.
Every country has holidays.
What we needed was a holiday for the whole planet. The goals he set for Earth Day live on in the Earth Magna Charta, in which he outlines his current campaign for Earth Trustees. It requires no change from your pocket, only a change of heart. To do this, we have to address the issues in ecology, economics and ethics. While he and his wife, Anna, would prefer to be living among the redwoods of California, they do what they can east of Eden, in Queens.