Month: April 2020

 

The first Earth Day launched 50 years ago on April 22, 1970. While in-person celebrations around the globe were planned for the big golden anniversary, the coronavirus canceled them all, including our own Oak Cliff Earth Day.

To mark this momentous milestone, we’ve moved the celebration online. Check out our special local coverage:

• Interview with the First Earth Day Organizer
• How North Texans Marked First Earth Day in 1970 – Anecdotes from greenies and newspaper archives
• Reflections on Earth Day from Anna Clark and Amy Martin
• Montopolis performance
• Reading of “The Giving Tree”
• 20 Green Tips for Earth Day
• Texas Green Report
• Invitation to share selfies and videos

We’re sorry to share the loss of a member of the Oak Cliff Earth Day family and the husband of Oak Cliff Earth Day chair Lybo Buchanan. Read Amy Martin’s tribute to the effervescent Lee Kelton: North Texan put passion, pizzazz into local green causes