Coronavirus will overshadow Earth Day’s golden anniversary, however the motion’s successes are worth commemorating, says Gary Paul Nabhan
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15 April2020
By Gary Paul Nabhan
Josie Ford
Earth Day, when people all over the world come together to support the defense of the environment, is honoring its 50 th anniversary this year. The covid-19 pandemic will imply celebrations are silenced, however it deserves recalling at its achievements and seeing if it can still make a difference in today’s world.
In 1970, I was a 17- year-old intern, part of a roughly 80- person team running Earth Day from its headquarters in Washington DC. Earth Day creator Gaylord Nelson turned much …
