That's right, Saturday, April 22 is Earth Day. Earth Day galvanizes the forces for social and environmental justice into one movement on one day. It brings together people from all over the world who are concerned about our planet and its well being. For one day, the world's human inhabitants focus their activities and lend their voice in praise of the planet that gave them life. And it really isn't just one day.
Some people celebrate Earth Week and even Earth Month.
Events in observance range from festivals and concerts to political meetings and environmental protection activities. Well, back in 1969 a Senator by the name of Gaylord Nelson was really concerned about the environmental degradation that he was seeing not only in the US but around the world. At the time, environmental politics was practically unheard of. What Senator Nelson wanted was to make the environment a political issue that everyone would have to recognize. The answer is, we still have a great deal of work to do before we can truly say the environment is safeguarded from harm.