A Bit of History for Earth Day...

Before Al Gore wore the crown of political conservationist, there was a man named Gaylord Nelson. You probably don’t recognize this name (I didn’t before I did research for this blog article), but he has affected each and every one of our lives. Gaylord Nelson was a United States Senator for the state of Wisconsin and the founder of Earth Day. It took many years for Gaylord Nelson to convince local communities and our government that our Earth is something very precious and we need to start taking care of it. Finally, in 1970 Richard Nixon listened to what Nelson had to say and declared April 22, 1970 as National Earth Day. Many positive things came from this declaration including the Environmental Protection Agency, which now regulates water pollution, air quality and so much more.  So we can all thank Gaylord Nelson for so many things: including clean water, since it is now illegal to dump toxic chemicals into our oceans.

After reading this, I know you are jumping out of your seat excited to celebrate Earth Day so here is a list of local Earth Day celebrations happening in the Los Angeles Area!

WASTE LESS LIVING WILL BE PRESENT AT:

Pasadena

Saturday, April 24, 2010; 10am – 4pm

Memorial Park & the Armory Center for the Arts

145 North Raymond Ave.

San Dimas

 Wednesday, April 21, 2010; 5pm-9pm

Bonita and Iglesia St

OTHER EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS:

Santa Monica

Saturday, April 17, 2010; 10am – 7pm

3^rd Street Promenade

Calabasas

Saturday, April 3, 2010; 1pm – 5pm

Las Virgenes Creek

Agoura Road at Las Virgenes Road (behind Starbucks)

Hawthorne

Saturday, April 10, 2010; 10am- 2pm

Hawthorne Memorial Park

3901 West El Segundo Boulevard

Culver City

Wednesday, April 21, 2010; 11am – 2pm

Sony Pictures Studio Campus

10202 Washington Blvd.

Sunday, April 25, 2010; 10am-4pm

Rio Vista School

10101 Jefferson Blvd.

Northridge

Thursday, April 22, 2010; 10am – 2pm

Cal State Univ. Northridge

Matador Bookstore

18111 Nordhoff St.

Carson

Thursday, April 22, 2010; 11am-4pm

Cal State Univ. Dominguez Hills

Outside Student Union

1000 E. Victoria St.

Long Beach

Saturday, April 24 – Sunday, April 25, 2010; 9am - 4pm

Aquarium of the Pacific

100 Aquarium Way