Keep Virginia Cozy’s Earth Day Plogging Cleanup, April 25.
When CBS network anchor Walter Cronkite delivered the news April 22, 1970, he devoted part of the broadcast to the very first Earth Day.
“A unique day in American history is ending. A day set aside for a nationwide outpouring of mankind seeking its own survival. Earth Day, a day dedicated to enlisting all the citizens of a bountiful country in a common cause of saving life from the deadly byproducts of that bounty.”
Fifty-one years later, Earth Day continues with plenty of local opportunities to learn and contribute to the health of Mother Earth and her future. Here are a few: