Ep: 032 – Earth Day

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This week we celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day started on April 22nd, 1970, and created by Senator Gaylord Nelson. So in this episode we are going to discuss how Earth Day came into what it is today, what it is and it’s focus. We are also going to talk about how they spread the word back then when there wasn’t social media. Can you name some government organizations that might have been created from this day? We discuss that as well. Take a listen.

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