Earth Day

MANIFESTO

A mere 38 years ago, the first Earth Day occurred. I remember it fairly well: The Outing Club members were in their element, and it was a day that we undergraduates could get into: On a lovely spring day in central New Hampshire it was easy to love the planet. Walt Kelly's strip on the day's first anniversary contained the famous "We have met the enemy and he is us" punch line.

Little did we know that in fewer than two weeks all hell would break loose.