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Day events
By Laurisa Franklin
On-line Forty-Niner
Once again it is
that time of year -- time to remember to recycle all the beer
cans, join a hug-a-tree group and stop throwing energy bar
wrappers out the car window on the freeway.
Yes, it is Earth Day.
Most students on campus have probably not participated in
Earth Day activities since their youthful days of finger painting
a poster of the Earth.
"I am just too busy," Joy Sawyer a sophomore communications
major said, "I think it is important, but how can I really
help."
According to the earthday.org Web site, Earth Day is extremely
important. Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, a former Wisconsin
senator, proposed the first nationwide environmental protest
to shake up the political establishment and force this issue
onto the national agenda.
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets,
parks and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthier environment.
Thousands of college and university students organized protests
cohesively against the deterioration of the environment. Groups
that had been fighting against many different forms of pollution
suddenly realized they shared common values.
"The earth will continue to regenerate its life sources
only as long as we and all the peoples of the world do our
part to conserve its natural resources," said President
Gerald Ford in his speech proclaiming the first Earth Day.
"It is a responsibility which every human being shares.
Through voluntary action, each of us can join in building
a productive land in harmony with nature,"
To continue the traditions and beliefs that some feel adamantly
about, Cal State Long Beach and the city of Long Beach will
be celebrating the upcoming Earth Day.
CSULB will be hosting an Earth Day workshop from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. on Tuesday. The workshop will be art exhibit at upper
campus and will provide students with information on recycling.
In Long Beach, the Aquarium of the Pacific will be celebrating
Earth Day on Saturday and Sunday. Along with arts and crafts,
face paintings and a coloring contest, the new Honda EV1,
an environmental safe car, will be on display. There will
be information available from conservation and environmental
groups as well. The celebration is free with aquarium admission.
In addition, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Downtown
Shoreline Marina, people are encouraged to come and clean
up the beach by the Olympic Plaza, while enjoying snacks and
music.
Cal State Fullerton will also be sponsoring a beach cleanup
from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday near Pacific Coast Highway and
First Street in Huntington Beach. For more information, please
call (714) 278-7623 to make a reservation.
Golden West College is sponsoring a day of community activities
and celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Huntington
Beach Pier.
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