I spent the afternoon celebrating Earth Day by planting creeping phlox, which sounds remarkably like a horrible skin disease, but is a really beautiful and drought tolerant ground cover. Did you know Earth Day is 26 years old? The first celebration was held on April 22, 1970. Earth Day's Founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Senator from Wisconsin, believed that education was key to changing people's attitudes about the environment. He won a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995, and is considered the Grandfather of the Environmental Protection Act, The Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and the Safe Drinking Water Act. So happy Earth Day!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Happy belated Earth Day!
I spent the afternoon celebrating Earth Day by planting creeping phlox, which sounds remarkably like a horrible skin disease, but is a really beautiful and drought tolerant ground cover. Did you know Earth Day is 26 years old? The first celebration was held on April 22, 1970. Earth Day's Founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Senator from Wisconsin, believed that education was key to changing people's attitudes about the environment. He won a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995, and is considered the Grandfather of the Environmental Protection Act, The Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and the Safe Drinking Water Act. So happy Earth Day!
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