I was thinking about this event recently. As a kid, it seemed like a big deal. “Weekly Reader” wrote about it and there was even a whole episode or two of “Captain Planet” about it. There seemed to be a real sense of urgency in it all and a feeling that the adults just didn’t give a fuck because they’d all be dead by the time the bill came due.
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I have zero recollection of this.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
To quote the Gray Wizard, I have no memory of this.
I remember the first “Earth Day”. It seemed like a big deal too.
I don’t remember a single thing about it.
Do not remember this at all.
I was 10 and I can recall it happening and I think we did some environment related stuff in school at the time because of it but I can’t recall any specifics.
I don’t remember that at all.
I was 15 that year and have no memory of it at all.
There was an old mall in my city that was about to be closed. They turned it into a super cool walking earth day kinda museum thing. My class went on field trips twice that year. I remember making a pencil out of wood and learning about how water filtration works. An art department from a high school made life size displays of native trees and plants and we could walk through a simulation of what the prairies looked like before settled, including this cool thing showing how deep Tallgrass roots can go.
I never knew it was a thing back then and didn’t know it was a thing now until you mention it.
No memory at all. I was 15 and it was June, I was probably more worried about going to the mall or the beach and checking out girls.