earth day was first celebrated on april 22, 1970 in san fransisco. this is its 40th anniversary!
more than 20,000,000 hershey's kisses are wrapped each day, using square miles of tinfoil, all of it recyclable. too bad most people don't realize it...
the first major international conference on environmental issues was held in sweden in 1972 and was sponsered by the united nations.
in many schools, earth day is the third most celebrated holiday, after christmas and halloween. but really, what other holidays are there?
april 22 is also the birthday of julius sterling morton, the founder of arbor day in the usa.
increading herbicide use has created a jungle of at least 48 'super weeds' that are resistant to chemicals.
greenpeace was founded in vancouver in 1971.
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