10 things you can do to make a difference for Earth Month
Every year on April 22, people around the planet celebrate Earth Day. The first Earth Day was 51 years ago in 1970.
According to EarthDay.org, Americans were consuming vast amounts of leaded gas through massive automobiles. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of the consequences from either the law or bad press. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. At that time, most of America remained largely oblivious to environmental concerns and how a polluted environment threatens human health.
By 1990, Earth Day had become global. Today, Earth Day is widely recognized by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and create global, national, and local policy changes.
Earth Month brings attention to this need for change for the entire month. Here are 10 things you can do to make a difference that cost absolutely nothing:
