Earth Day founder - It's hard being green in 2023
By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca with Mitchell Beer, The Energy Mix
Has anyone ever wished you a Happy Earth Day? This is so great and so ironic all at the same time. Celebrating the Earth is such a good thing, but let’s face it Earth Day exists because humans have abused the Earth.
April 22, 2023 was the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, but in 1970 when Earth Day was launched the impetus came from rivers on fire, pollution that was plaguing the skies over American cities, the endangered Bald Eagle and a host of other environmental issues.
But perhaps that is the magic of Earth Day. It’s a mash-up of the world’s biggest environmental issues and it encourages us to celebrate Mother Earth.
In honour of Earth Day we collaborated with Mitchell Beer of The Energy Mix to bring you this special report and feature interview with Denis Hayes, the coordinator of the first Earth Day.
Denis Hayes also founded the Earth Day Network which now includes 180 countries and today he is the CEO of the Bullitt Foundation an environmental grantmaker based in Seattle, Washington.
This is Mitchell Beer 's full 30-minute interview with Earth Day founder Denis Hayes.
Our thanks to Mitchell Beer of The Energy Mix for conducting the interview and for this collaboration with Green Energy Futures .