Everyday is Earth Day
Earth Day was started in the 1960's by Senator Gaylord Nelson, who realized we weren't treating our planet and our environment very well. He wanted these issues to become a priority to our government and so began his campaign to publicize impacts on the environment. In 1969 he started what would become Earth Day, a grassroots protest about what was happening to the environment. On the first annual Earth Day, April 22nd, 1970 twenty million people gathered to show their support for the environment and the government finally heard them (EPA.gov). In 1970 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was launched.
Earth Day has progressed and become "...a time to unite around new actions...and every day is a time to act to protect our planet." (earthday.gov). Since we only have one planet, everyday should be Earth day. You don't have to be a tree hugger to take part in Earth Day, every action counts no matter how big or small it is.
In 2009 at WSU, the Wellbeing Program along with CCE and Environmental Task Force (ETF) celebrated Earth Week with an Under the Big Tent discussion about recycling, hosted two bike maintenance clinics, and held an Earth Day Fair at Spring Fest. This year people at Spring Fest/Earth Day celebration pledged to be greener citizens.
