Earth Day was founded by Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. senator, in 1970, and I had naively thought it was all about the BIG problems that Earth is facing: climate change, impending energy shortages, environmental pollution, deforestation, soil degradation, water shortages, natural disasters, the population explosion. But apart from some brief statements for children, there’s little of this on the Canadian website. A potentially significant idea has been reduced to product placement for gimmicks.
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