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Today is Earth Day

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Happy Earth Day

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Preds — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:03:58 GMT

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Preds

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evelomaddict — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:12:59 GMT

happy earth day. i'm wearing happy earth day to me sephora opi nail polish on my tootsies in celebration.

here's what the shade looks like. very earthy, eh?

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SHAYDIE — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:18:37 GMT

With the horrible shape our earth has gotten in because of us every day should be Earth Day.

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Preds — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:23:47 GMT

On 4/22/2014 SHAYDIE said:
With the horrible shape our earth has gotten in because of us every day should be Earth Day.

I agree. Come on and we'll hug a tree together. Maybe that will make you feel better.

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Silver Lotus — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:50:42 GMT

On 4/22/2014 SHAYDIE said:
With the horrible shape our earth has gotten in because of us every day should be Earth Day.

True. I am conscious of the energy I use and conserve every day of the year.

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The history of Earth Day from earthday.org...

The idea came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he realized that if he could infuse that energy with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution, it would force environmental protection onto the national political agenda. Senator Nelson announced the idea for a “national teach-in on the environment” to the national media; persuaded Pete McCloskey, a conservation-minded Republican Congressman, to serve as his co-chair; and recruited Denis Hayes as national coordinator. Hayes built a national staff of 85 to promote events across the land.

As a result, on the 22nd of April, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife suddenly realized they shared common values.

Earth Day 1970 achieved a rare political alignment, enlisting support from Republicans and Democrats, rich and poor, city slickers and farmers, tycoons and labor leaders. The first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts. "It was a gamble," Gaylord recalled, "but it worked."

As 1990 approached, a group of environmental leaders asked Denis Hayes to organize another big campaign. This time, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage. Earth Day 1990 gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. It also prompted President Bill Clinton to award Senator Nelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1995) -- the highest honor given to civilians in the United States -- for his role as Earth Day founder.

As the millennium approached, Hayes agreed to spearhead another campaign, this time focused on global warming and a push for clean energy. With 5,000 environmental groups in a record 184 countries reaching out to hundreds of millions of people, Earth Day 2000 combined the big-picture feistiness of the first Earth Day with the international grassroots activism of Earth Day 1990. It used the Internet to organize activists, but also featured a talking drum chain that traveled from village to village in Gabon, Africa, and hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Earth Day 2000 sent world leaders the loud and clear message that citizens around the world wanted quick and decisive action on clean energy.

Much like 1970, Earth Day 2010 came at a time of great challenge for the environmental community. Climate change deniers, well-funded oil lobbyists, reticent politicians, a disinterested public, and a divided environmental community all contributed to a strong narrative that overshadowed the cause of progress and change. In spite of the challenge, for its 40th anniversary, Earth Day Network reestablished Earth Day as a powerful focal point around which people could demonstrate their commitment. Earth Day Network brought 225,000 people to the National Mall for a Climate Rally, amassed 40 million environmental service actions toward its 2012 goal of A Billion Acts of Green®, launched an international, 1-million tree planting initiative with Avatar director James Cameron and tripled its online base to over 900,000 community members.

The fight for a clean environment continues in a climate of increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change become more manifest every day. We invite you to be a part of Earth Day and help write many more victories and successes into our history. Discover energy you didn't even know you had. Feel it rumble through the grassroots under your feet and the technology at your fingertips. Channel it into building a clean, healthy, diverse world for generations to come.

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On 4/22/2014 Hildegarde Withers said:
On 4/22/2014 evelomaddict said:
happy earth day. i'm wearing happy earth day to me sephora opi nail polish on my tootsies in celebration.

here's what the shade looks like. very earthy, eh?

Very earthy!

Pretty color. Like the sparkles.

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kingtut — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:11:27 GMT

It was great -- the retirement community where I live brought in a big shredder truck and I got rid of about a large box and 1/2 of private info -- bought a new shredder a few years ago and it never worked right after the first day. In sorting for the shredder, I probably also got rid of a couple of boxes of non private info for recycling. And yesterday they collected clothes for a charity. Had lots of those also that either did not fit or I did not like any more.

Today the garden club is having a lecture on how they are coping with weeds in the ponds and later this week a lecture on recycling.

Feel pounds lighter with all that stuff gone.

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madcity411 — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:50:12 GMT

Friday is Arbor Day!! Also my Birthday!

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tansy — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:02:00 GMT

Cool picture, Preds.

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------ — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:05:18 GMT

On 4/22/2014 madcity411 said:
Friday is Arbor Day!! Also my Birthday!

Happy early birthday madcity!

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Topaz Gem — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:06:55 GMT

On 4/22/2014 evelomaddict said:
happy earth day. i'm wearing happy earth day to me sephora opi nail polish on my tootsies in celebration.

here's what the shade looks like. very earthy, eh?

That's really pretty.

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madcity411 — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:07:54 GMT

On 4/22/2014 ------ said:
On 4/22/2014 madcity411 said:
Friday is Arbor Day!! Also my Birthday!

Happy early birthday madcity!

Thank you so much!