Earth Day

Earth Day in Social Isolation Guest  Ben Abbott, Assistant Professor, Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University How to celebrate Earth Day when so many of us are stuck inside due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Origins of Earth Day Guest: Adam Rome, Professor, Environment and Sustainability, University at Buffalo, and author, "The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation" The first Earth Day was even bigger than the biggest civil rights march, anti-war demonstration, or woman's liberation protest in the 1960s, but its history is largely forgotten. But its impact on legislation is still widely felt today.