Earth Day 2020

     The first Earth Day was on 22 April 1970. Here is a black and white photo that screams 1970:

     It's both the font on the sign and the woman's long hair which identifies this photo as from the 1970s.

     Earth Day up to this point always meant big crowds of people. Using an app like Crowdcast or HouseParty with us all attending via the video cameras on our phones, tablets, and laptops is not the same. Chance encounters are nearly impossible via video, as are opportunities to speak with strangers. Video has too many missing cues that we need for proper social interaction. How do you easily get away from an awkward or boring conversation when you are online? Yes, you can simply disconnect but this lacks the finesse which we acquire while being in public spaces. I don't have a good answer except to not to expect too much from video conversations. It still stands to reason that an old fashion letter or postcard will get your point across much better, even though it will take much longer.

     From https://www.earthday.org

Earth Day was a unified response to an environment in crisis — oil spills, smog, rivers so polluted they literally caught fire.

On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans — 10% of the U.S. population at the time — took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet.

The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement, and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event.