'/).' '2%%. that are realistic. For example, I’m horriďŹ ed that there was not more support for the SMART train. It made sense for Marin County to really get behind having a train [so there wouldn’t] be so many cars on the road. I think we really have to be serious about public transportation. McKibben: Organizing politically. It’s not enough to perfect Marin—to deal with climate change we need a real global movement of the type we’ve built at 350.org. Name a major environmental success that’s been achieved since the ďŹ rst Earth Day? McKibben: Cleaner air and water in this country. Huffman: I think Earth Day itself was a huge success. We have to go back to its origins and remember that, before that ďŹ rst Earth Day, [things were] really bad. We had a river in Cleveland, Ohio, that caught on ďŹ re and
Planet Rock Here are a few local ways to toast the third stone from the sun... Earth Day Marin An all-day, free event celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, featuring live music from BCH & the Jaw Droppers (members of Hot Buttered Rum, New Monsoon, Zero), Dr. Elmo & Wild Blue, Terry Garthwaite and Oona Garthwaite, Three At Last, Let’s Go Green and the Donna Eagle Band; local chefs, tastings and delicious food by Good Earth and Lydia’s Lovin’ Foods; environmental speakers, such as Sen. Mark Leno, Supervisor Charles McGlashan, Carrie Bachelder (The Away Station), Bill Petrocelli (Book Passage, HufďŹ ngton Post) and Annie Spiegelman (the Dirt Diva); and activities for kids and adults, including “bike your own smoothie,â€? recycled art, free rafe and more. 11am-6pm April 24 at College of Marin, KentďŹ eld. Info:www.earthdaymarin.org. Marin Green Business Forum Presented by the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce and MarinLink. Keynote speaker Jared Huffman, 6th District assemblyman, will address “How State Legislative Policies Can Create Green Jobs,â€? along with a panel of Marin green business entrepreneurs moderated by county Supervisor Charles McGlashan. 5:30-8:30pm April 29 at Mill Valley Community Center. Earth Day Park Cleanup Help clean up the Tam Valley parks. Trash bags and gloves provided. 9am-2pm April 17 at Eastwood Park, Kay Park and The Cabin. Info: 388-6393 or www.tcsd.us.
they couldn’t put it out. We had the Great Lakes that were so polluted people literally considered them dead to aquatic life. We had our national symbol, the bald eagle, on the verge of extinction because of pesticides. Air quality in our major cities was terrible. At that point in time, it was a pretty dark hour for the environment. But Earth Day really did turn it around and very quickly thereafter we saw the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, we saw the passage of these landmark federal bills—the National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA], we saw the ESA, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. And you know what? The bald eagle is no longer an endangered species. In Marin County we have something like 40 nested pair of osprey in Kent Lake alone. You look around and see the huge improvements—the Great Lakes again have a ďŹ shery that could be better but the Great Lakes are a live ecosystem again. 14 >
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Earth Day Celebration/Restoration Work Day Sponsored by Tiburon’s Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary. Celebrate the Earth by working on restoration projects, removing trash, invasive plants and cleaning up the bay, as well as exploring mudats, identifying wildflowers and viewing birds. 9am-2pm April 17. Info: 388-2524. Earth Day Cleanup Hosted by Friends of Corte Madera Creek, this is the annual clean14 > up at the Kentfield restoration project at the College of Marin’s Ecology Study Area, between McAllister Avenue and the multiuse path. Participants are being asked to wear boots and gloves to weed and harvest plants. 9:30am April 17. Info: 457-1147. Earth Day Create with Nature Professional artists and community members join together for this free event. Bring a picnic. 11am-3pm April 17 at Stinson Beach, South End. Info: 510/708-5528 or www.naturesculpture.com. Conversations with Eco-Innovators “Why Care About the Sixth Extinction?â€? with Dr. Thomas Brooks, Conservation Priorities and Outreach, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science and Conservation International. 6:30-7:30pm April 20 at Cavallo Point, 601 Murray Circle, Fort Baker, Sausalito. Info: 5613560 or www.instituteatgoldengate.org/ lectures. Bill McKibben Environmental journalist/ activist McKibben presents his latest book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. Part of the Voices of Dominican Choices: Spring 2010 Leadership Lecture Series. 7pm April 22 at Angelico Hall, Dominican Campus, 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael. Info: www.dominican.edu/leadership or call 485-3202. ✚
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