(and I also want to wish Earth Day a happy 40th Birthday.)
For the last 40 years, environmentally conscious people have been joining together on April 22nd to help instill change.
Since the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, smog levels have decreased by a quarter, and lead levels in the air are down more than 90% (according to an article by Discovery News). Rivers and streams that used to burn due to pollution are now open to swimmers. The Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act helped change the way businesses could treat the environment.
Environmental progress isn't only about laws. The environmental problems that face us today aren't nearly as visible as they were forty years ago; people tend to pay more attention when a river is burning than they do when someone shows them a chart about greenhouse gas levels.
Nancy Sutley, head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said "The Cuyahoga River is not on fire anymore, and air quality in Los Angeles is not as bad as it was 40 years ago. I think people get those connections. People get that something is changing about our climate."
No matter how you feel about climate change, do your part to help the planet this Earth day.
Recycle that can of Diet Coke.
Turn off the lights when you leave the house.
Use reusable shopping bags.
Drink tap water instead of bottled (it's fine, I promise.)
Walk to the store instead of drive.
All the little things add up, so put down that can of Aquanet and do your part this Earth Day!
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