Celebrate Earth Day at Boston Common Frog Pond
Celebrate Earth Day at the Picnic for the Planet at the Boston Common Frog Pond this weekend!How are you going to celebrate Earth Day this weekend? Have you got any special plans yet? If you’re looking for a fun-filled, family-friendly way to celebrate Earth Day, make plans to check out what’s happening at the Boston Common Frog Pond right here in Boston this Sunday!
Presented by the Nature Conservancy, Picnic for the Planet will be held at the Boston Common Frog Pond (located at 84 Beacon Street in Boston) on Sunday, April 22, 2012, beginning at 11:00 am and ending at 5:00 pm.
There will be plenty of awesome fun and entertainment at the Picnic for the Planet at the Boston Common Frog Pond this weekend. Festivities will include the D2E Green Spot, family-friendly recycling demonstrations, children’s arts & crafts, composting information, and much more.
The Picnic for the Planet is open to the public, and admission is free for everyone. If you’d like to find out more information about this special Earth Day celebration, call 617-635-2120.
Mobilize the Earth. Earth Day. 4.22.12
On April 22, more than one billion people around the globe will participate in Earth Day 2012 and help Mobilize the Earth™. People of all nationalities and backgrounds will voice their appreciation for the planet and demand its protection. Together we will stand united for a sustainable future and call upon individuals, organizations, and governments to do their part.
Attend a local Earth Day event and join one of our Earth Day campaigns as we collect A Billion Acts of Green® and elevate the importance of environmental issues around the world. Together we will Mobilize the Earth™ on April 22 and demand change
How it All Began! 
Each year, Earth Day — April 22 — marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.
The height of hippie and flower-child culture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. Protest was the order of the day, but saving the planet was not the cause. War raged in Vietnam, and students nationwide increasingly opposed it.
At the time, Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. “Environment” was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news. Although mainstream America remained oblivious to environmental concerns, the stage had been set for change by the publication of Rachel Carson’s New York Times bestseller Silent Spring in 1962. The book represented a watershed moment for the modern environmental movement, selling more than 500,000 copies in 24 countries and, up until that moment, more than any other person, Ms. Carson raised public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and public health.
Earth Day 1970 capitalized on the emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and center.