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"Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the
streets in cities and towns across the United States, giving voice to an
emerging consciousness of humanity’s impact on Earth. Protesters shut
down 5th Avenue in New York City, students in Boston staged a “die-in”
at Logan airport and demonstrators in Chicago called for an end to the
internal combustion engine.
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite hosted a half-hour Earth Day special,
calling for the public to heed “the unanimous voice of the scientists
warning that halfway measures and business as usual cannot possibly pull
us back from the edge of the precipice.”
Today, Cronkite’s words are eerily familiar. Warnings of impending
ecological crises are now commonplace. But are we prepared to heed the
warnings? In 1970, the answer was yes. The same might just be true, once
again, in 2020."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
