{"id":2054,"date":"2006-04-22T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-22T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/04\/22\/happy-earth-day\/"},"modified":"2006-04-22T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-22T12:55:00","slug":"happy-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/happy-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Earth Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afn.org\/%7Ewhp\/earth.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.afn.org\/%7Ewhp\/earth.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Yep, today&#8217;s the day, and I&#8217;m hoping to get out to one of the big events today or tomorrow, though a combination of freelance work, grad. school friends in town and a step-daughter&#8217;s birthday (21st birthday at that) may keep it short &#8212; oh, and an article I owe <a href=\"http:\/\/greenermagazine.blogspot.com\">Harlan<\/a>&#8230; For those of you who are better at managing your time, there are several cool things going on in the Lou&#8217;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earth Day at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobot.org\">Missouri Botanical Gardens<\/a>: One of my favorite places in town (and, literally, just down the street from me) has Earth Day events from 10-3 today: &#8220;Tai chi, greenhouse tours, displays by  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthsharemo.org\/\">Earth Share of Missouri<\/a> organizations.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlouisearthday.org\/\">St. Louis Earth Day celebration<\/a> is tomorrow at the Muny grounds in Forest Park. 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