Purpose of Earth Day in 2008
Our website is finally up and running, and just in time for Earth Day!
As almost 40 years has passed since the beginnings of Earth Day in the United States, we hope the celebrations for such a wonderful holiday continue and keep us reminded of the day’s true purpose. Earth Day was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 in anticipation of putting environmental issues on the national agenda. Nelson’s idea “to put the environment into the political ‘limelight’ once and for all” was a major step in environmental awareness, but in 2008 the issues still are not solved.
Today convenient enough, is also the date of the 2008 Pennsylvania primary election. We encourage everyone, not only here in our home state of PA, but everywhere in the United States to stop looking at the polls, the propaganda or their emotions toward these candidates and start looking at their issues, especially toward environmentalism.
We hope Earth Day this year has reminded everyone of the political attention environmentalism needs.
For more information on the history of Earth Day from Senator Gaylord Nelson and The Presidential Medal of Freedom he has received from President Clinton
visit http://earthday.wilderness.org/history/
For more information on what our current government is doing on the subject
Or for the Presidential Runner’s Environmental policy’s
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Posted by Jimi on April 22nd, 2008 and filed under Environmental Awareness.
