Today is Earth Day - a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. Earth Day was initially founded by Gaylord Nelson in 1970, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. According to Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council, Nelson’s wake up call happened along our coast:
“The story goes that Earth Day was conceived by Senator Gaylord Nelson after a trip he took to Santa Barbara right after that horrific oil spill off our coast in 1969. He was so outraged by what he saw that he went back to Washington and passed a bill designating April 22 as a national day to celebrate the earth.”
So ironic as it may seems, on this Earth Day I wanted to share with you my passion for the ocean and with that a message from The Ocean Conservancy;
“… it’s time to look beneath the surface to see where the health of our planet really begins. It’s time to recognize the source that sustains us day to day with the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe…to discover that all living things are connected to the ocean. It’s time to understand that going green starts with living blue…”
For more information on The Ocean Conservancy visit www.oceanconservancy.org.