![]() Patagonia creator Yvon Chouinard, co-founder of 1% for the Planet, doesn’t normally celebrate Earth Day, believing the environment is too important an issue to be relegated to one day a year. ![]() Yvon Chouinard Marked Earth Day for the First Time This year’s Earth Day, created under real pressure of both time and logistics, took protest and education online in innovative ways. “They started online from communities that spread ideas.” “If you look at a lot of the uprisings that have happened over the last 20 years: the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and many protests in Asia, they all started online,” she said in a telephone interview. Pierce, who teaches rhetorical communication at SUNY Geneseo and is writing a book on the history of protest in America, that’s not to say digital activism is ineffective. Virtual concerts, no-fly conferences, and digital activism replaced the types of physical protest coronavirus has rendered untenable for now.įrom Greta Thunberg’s school strikes to Jane Fonda’s arrests at the Capitol, on-the-street environmental activism delivers an emotional punch and consciousness-raising impact that’s hard to equal. Fifty years on, with a new silent killer in the air and climate change on the rise, Earth Day moved online. Whether you choose to send a message, make a collage, or plan a hangout, remember to let your friends know how much they mean to you and how much you appreciate them.On April 22, 1970, around 20 million Americans took to the streets, many wearing masks, to protest the pollution that was choking cities and turning rivers black. International Friendship Day 2023 is a great opportunity to celebrate your friendships and make them stronger.
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