-Image by NoName13 from Pixabay Dear Friends, The whole of April is Earth Month. It began as Earth Day in America in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, the Governor of Wisconsin. This led to legislative changes such as The Clean Water Act and The Endangered Species Act and the establishment of Environment Protection Agency to monitor and enforce them. By 1990, 200 million people from 141 countries had joined in and it soon became evident that much more than a single day was needed. It also led to the first UN Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 where world leaders first pledged to protect the planet and its biodiversity. While many issues such as ending the use of leaded petrol have since been resolved, others such as the proliferation of plastics and the continued use of pesticides have not and they have been joined by newer concerns such as climate change and sustainability, so the need to think about what we do is even more urgent than it was in the 1970s. We need it to be Earth Month ...
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