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At USC we had worked to inspire a special Senator to plan a celebration. We spoke of carrying a positive message for the future. A green message. Among "Teach-in" originators | At USC we had worked to inspire a special Senator to plan a celebration. We spoke of carrying a positive message for the future. A green message. Among "Teach-in" originators, Senator Nelson stepped up as we organized to set up the first Earth Day. | ||
<big>The First 'Earth Day Teach- | <big>The First 'Earth Day Teach-In'</big> | ||
On April 22nd, 1970, we launched Earth Day as a day of teaching. Then, year in, year out, we followed with successive annual Earth Days as an environmental era was created and shaped. | On April 22nd, 1970, we launched Earth Day as a day of teaching about protecting and preserving our Planet Earth. Then, year in, year out, we followed with successive annual Earth Days as an environmental era was created and shaped. | ||
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Let's revisit 1969 and 1970 as student activism became a peace and environmental movement across the college campuses of the U.S. As a co-founder of the Vietnam Moratorium Committee and coordinator of anti-war activities on college campuses in California, I found myself overwhelmed, working as a student activist to organize at my own campus of the University of Southern California and eventually internationally. | Let's revisit 1969 and 1970 as student activism became a peace and environmental movement across the college campuses of the U.S. As a co-founder of the Vietnam Moratorium Committee and coordinator of anti-war activities on college campuses in California, I found myself overwhelmed, working as a student activist to organize at my own campus of the University of Southern California and eventually internationally. | ||
USC in the 1960s became a center of activism | USC in the 1960s became a center of activism. Our day-to-day organizing took us from opposition to nuclear weapons, war and international conflict to environmental security and political reform. USC was our 'home base' and after helping to establish the peace group, Vietnam Moratorium Committee, in DC, we made the SC Religious Center the center of Moratorium events beginning on October 15, 1969, into November, December and through our April 1970 plan. Student "teach-ins" were popular tools for outreach and we began organizing to build awareness and support for [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Env_policy_laws_US_%27the_beginning%27_of_env_era.jpg the first generation of environmental laws.] We saw our peace movement and a cultural, environmental movement joining together. | ||
Our Teach-in model, with Senator Gaylord Nelson's proposal, was a first wave of what became continued teach-ins and educational efforts that acted to make [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement our environmental priorities become reality]. | Our Teach-in model, with Senator Gaylord Nelson's proposal, was a first wave of what became continued teach-ins and educational efforts that acted to make [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement our environmental priorities become reality]. |
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Remembering April 22, 1970
The First "Earth Day"
Looking back to green beginnings & an environmental movement
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At USC we had worked to inspire a special Senator to plan a celebration. We spoke of carrying a positive message for the future. A green message. Among "Teach-in" originators, Senator Nelson stepped up as we organized to set up the first Earth Day.
The First 'Earth Day Teach-In'
On April 22nd, 1970, we launched Earth Day as a day of teaching about protecting and preserving our Planet Earth. Then, year in, year out, we followed with successive annual Earth Days as an environmental era was created and shaped.
Let's revisit 1969 and 1970 as student activism became a peace and environmental movement across the college campuses of the U.S. As a co-founder of the Vietnam Moratorium Committee and coordinator of anti-war activities on college campuses in California, I found myself overwhelmed, working as a student activist to organize at my own campus of the University of Southern California and eventually internationally.
USC in the 1960s became a center of activism. Our day-to-day organizing took us from opposition to nuclear weapons, war and international conflict to environmental security and political reform. USC was our 'home base' and after helping to establish the peace group, Vietnam Moratorium Committee, in DC, we made the SC Religious Center the center of Moratorium events beginning on October 15, 1969, into November, December and through our April 1970 plan. Student "teach-ins" were popular tools for outreach and we began organizing to build awareness and support for the first generation of environmental laws. We saw our peace movement and a cultural, environmental movement joining together.
Our Teach-in model, with Senator Gaylord Nelson's proposal, was a first wave of what became continued teach-ins and educational efforts that acted to make our environmental priorities become reality.
With Congressman George Brown's encouragement and Senator Nelson's active support, students launched environmental teach-ins across the country every year, becoming April 22nd "Earth Days".
We didn't call the first national teach-in Earth Day, but that's what it was -- momentous and magic.
At USC it was appropriate to hear Senator Nelson speak to us on the first day after our first Earth "teach-in" at SC and across the U.S. and nations of the world... a planetary celebration, a growing activist movement.
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Senator Gaylord Nelson:
- "I am convinced that the same concern the youth of this nation took in changing this nation's priorities on the war in Vietnam and on civil rights can be shown for the problems of the environment... Successful teach-ins on all campuses on the same day will have a dramatic impact on the environmental conscience of the nation. They will be immensely effective as an educational effort in arousing public opinion concerning necessary steps to protect our environment and establish quality on a par with quantity as a goal of American life."
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With a Special Tip of the Green Hat to a Member of Congress Who Helped Us Organize Nationwide …
A Political Voice from East Los Angeles Acts to Push the US Congress and Drafts the First National Climate Policy and Program
• http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr
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January 1969
A Vision of the Home Planet as Never Before Seen
• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Apollo_8,_Life_Jan10,1969.png
• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/PlanetCitizen
• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens
Waving the Earth Day Flag ...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day
An Environmental Era
Ripples of an 'Earth Day Flag'
California out in front in a Green future
Nearby USC in Pasadena, JPL/NASA with many USC, UCLA and Caltech taught engineers, a key component in continued California environmental leadership ...
"18 Earth science missions in space, supported by aircraft, ships and ground observations, measure aspects of the environment that touch the lives of every person around the world."
"Earth Day Is Everyday at NASA"
• http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow
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