Here's everything that's happened since the first Earth Day in 1970, from continuing exploitation of the planet to huge successes for conservation, and provide some thoughts about the ways in which today's context for climate activism and collective action is similar in some ways but different in others.

Chapters:
0:00-0:59 Intro
1:00-2:36 History of Earth Day
2:37-4:58 What's changed? The bad
4:59-7:27 What's changed? The good
7:28-12:39 Comparing today's context to 1970
12:40-14:18 Things to do this Earth Day

Video footage:
News reel from 1970: [ Ссылка ] + [ Ссылка ]
Gaylord Nelson's speeches: [ Ссылка ] + [ Ссылка ]
Impact of climate change on Bangladesh: [ Ссылка ]

Sources:
EarthDay.org: [ Ссылка ]
Earth Day 50 years on: [ Ссылка ]
Earth Day: How far have we come? : [ Ссылка ]
Earth Day co-ordinator Denis Hayes on the achievements of Earth Day: [ Ссылка ]
What we learnt from Earth Day: [ Ссылка ]
Earth Day doesn't matter, only money does: [ Ссылка ]
The problem with Earth Day: [ Ссылка ]

The Paris Agreement: [ Ссылка ]
Montreal Protocol: [ Ссылка ]
Summarising the IPCC latest report: [ Ссылка ]
High Seas Treaty: [ Ссылка ]
29% of energy from renewables: [ Ссылка ]
Bangladesh - 20% underwater by 2050: [ Ссылка ]
1.2 billion climate refugees by 2050: [ Ссылка ]
Cars are 99% cleaner today: [ Ссылка ]
IUCN Red List: [ Ссылка ]
UK plastics ban October 2023: [ Ссылка ]
Ocean reaches highest ever temperature: [ Ссылка ]
World's largest polluters: [ Ссылка ]

Environmental Protection Agency Journal articles: [ Ссылка ]
Gaylord Nelson for the EPA, 1980: [ Ссылка ]
Jack Lewis for the EPA, 1990: [ Ссылка ]

Time magazine cover: January 1967
Closing hole in the ozone layer: [ Ссылка ]
Photo depicting greenwashing by brands on Earth Day: [ Ссылка ]
Cartoons: [ Ссылка ] + [ Ссылка ] ,

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