Episode 48: History of Earth Day

Earth Day is just around the corner, so for this episode I decided to mix things up a little and talk about the history of Earth Day and how it came to be one of the most celebrated and observed secular holidays! We'll go into the environmental disasters as well as work by conservationists like Rachel Carson that brought environmental issues into the public eye that made the first Earth Day a huge success, and kickstarted a decade of conservation work. 



Sources: 
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/

https://www.earthday.org/history/

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/earth-day

https://www.epa.gov/earthday

https://www.epa.gov/archive/epa/aboutepa/earth-day-70-what-it-meant.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring

https://michiganintheworld.history.lsa.umich.edu/environmentalism/exhibits/show/main_exhibit/origins/-environmental-crisis--in-the-

https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/ddt-brief-history-and-status

https://www.nps.gov/places/000/bald-eagle.htm