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GreenPolicy360 Siterunner: Envisioning our home planet 'from above' ...

 

 

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NASA: Apollo 8, December 1968
Earth comes into view as astronauts orbit the Moon ...


The beginnings of a new vision of Earth,

can be said to have begun with "Earthrise" ...


We become Planet Citizens with a Whole Earth vision

Planet, Earth, 'from the heavens',
a modern environmental movement is born...


Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth

 

🌎 Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement
Christina Korp Earth Day and Apollo 8.jpg

 

We remember !

The year was 1968, the month was December.


The three Apollo astronauts scrambled for a camera and, with fortune, 'Earthrise' images were captured before Earth quickly passed by their window.

Humanity first envisions Earth from Above

The Apollo 8 astronauts, as they were orbiting around the Moon, were surprised by what they suddenly saw, unexpectedly. Some on Earth began talking about a "Whole Earth" responsibility we felt, and a new strategic vision almost immediately arose.

In January 1969 a full-color majestic picture of our home planet was on the cover of Life Magazine. Our rising home planet surprising and overwhelming us all. Humanities vie of our world began to change...


Apollo 8, Life Jan10,1969.png


Apollo 17 images looking back at our blue planet, would be called 'Blue Marble' Earth. We shimmered in space...


Blue Marble photo - Apollo 17.jpg


Yet internationally our world was riven with war and conflict. It was a Nuclear era and Nuclear weapons bristled as two nations threatened catastrophe. The Atomic Age with its life ending Atomic Bomb hovered above us all.

The times called for peace, environmental protection, anti-nuke action -- and so we began...


Earth in human hands...


We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

-- T. S. Eliot


From our new vantage point, looking back from Earth's moon, humanity's understanding of ourselves and our place as stewards of life on Earth sprung forth. Overnight it seemed many realized we needed to go beyond the peace movement. Soon we began talking and planning for the first Earth Day. The modern environmental movement had work to do and we set ourselves to the task at hand.

New ways of seeing national security began with 'we're all planet citizens'. Above, looking back home, our Blue Planet calls to us to protect and secure life on Earth.

 

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'Thin Blue Layer' of Earth's Atmosphere 2.jpg


Planet Citizens

Look at how thin our atmosphere is

Earth Science Research from Space



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Envisioning the Big Picture and Acting to Make a Difference


Pale Blue Dot from Cassini July 19,2013.jpg


Blue Marble, Pale Blue Dot


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