EARTH DAY AT 27: A LOOK BACK — AND AHEAD

Twenty-seven years ago the world celebrated the environment in what became known as Earth Day. The first Earth Day took place in 1970, and spawned a broad social movement along with it. Environmental awareness has since moved from the margins to the mainstream of US society where Green thinking has become popular in schools and welcome in the work place. Many of us now link the environment to our food and water, our homes, and even the cars we drive. And just how did environmental activism gain this success? Living on Earth’s Terry FitzPatrick has the story which was first broadcast Earth Day 1995.