April 22, 2020
Honoring Earth Day and Green Media Literacy
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an annual event that was started as a bi-partisan initiative of Senators Gaylord Nelson (D) and Pete McCloskey (R). Inspired by the anti-war movement on college campuses, they hired young activist Denis Hayes to organize campus teach-ins about conservation and the environment. The first Earth Day was promoted widely in the news media and inspired more than 20 million Americans...