{"id":15545,"date":"2013-04-22T10:58:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T16:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15545"},"modified":"2013-04-22T10:58:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T16:58:31","slug":"the-history-of-earth-day-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-history-of-earth-day-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Earth Day [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2012\/04\/five-earth-day-ideas-for-the-entire-family\/\">Happy Earth Day<\/a>, everyone! Truthfully, many can attest that I tend to get cranky about this event, mostly because my inbox tends to fill up with PR pitches tying all sorts of products and services to the environment. Yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/ecopreneurist.com\/2009\/04\/15\/overdoing-earth-day\/\">Earth Day&#8217;s become very commercial<\/a>; the roots of the celebration didn&#8217;t start there, though, and still make Earth Day an occasion to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>A little foggy on the history of Earth Day? Not a problem: our friends at Kars4Kids have put together <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kars4kids.org\/earthday\/\">a great slideshow<\/a>, as well as the infographic below. Once you&#8217;re finished, get away from the compute and go outside&#8230; that&#8217;s where the real celebration is!<\/p>\n<p>As always, if you&#8217;ve got thoughts (or complaints or corrections), share &#8217;em&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kars4kids.org\/earthday\/images\/earthday-timeline.gif\" width=\"533\" height=\"1149\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kars4kids.org\/earthday\/\">Earth Day<\/a> graphic produced by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kars4kids.org\/\">Kars4Kids car donation<\/a> program &#8220;Responsible vehicle recycling for future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little foggy on the history of Earth Day? 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