Where: ritual room above the store (1928 St-Catherine West)
When: Friday April 22nd at 7pm
What to bring: JUST YOU!
Other fun things about this day...
- There will be a limited supply of seedlings available in the morning. Come out to get yours before they are all gone!
- Arriving that day (and available through the following week while supplies last) reusable totes. Free with purchases over $100.
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First launched as an environmental awareness event in the United States in 1970, Earth Day (April 22) is celebrated as the birth of the environmental movement.
Earth Day is a powerful catalyst for change. The first Earth Day, spearheaded by Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson and Harvard University student Denis Hayes, involved 20 million participants in teach-ins that addressed decades of environmental pollution. The event inspired the US Congress to pass clean air and water acts, and establish the Environmental Protection Agency to research and monitor environmental issues and enforce environmental laws.
In 1990, two million Canadians joined 200 million people in 141 nations in celebrating the first International Earth Day. In many countries, the global event brought pressure on heads of state to take part in the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to address issues such as climate change and the world wide loss of species.
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