Earth Day Memories
A photo gallery of 1970s activism at Eco U
With universities near and far jumping on the Sustainability bandwagon, UW-Green Bay rates special mention as one of the places the movement first rolled more than 40 years ago. Described as America’s first environmental university, where every day was Earth Day, UW-Green Bay claimed national attention almost from the day it opened in 1968.
This April 22 marks the 40th celebration of Earth Day, and UW-Green Bay will observe the occasion with a major on-campus event, Green Innovations 2009.
1970 – The First Earth Day Photo Gallery
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Eco-U Photo Gallery
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1970s – Contemporary Scenes on Campus
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Do you recognize anyone in these photos? Do you have any fun memories? We invite you to share your thoughts about these photos in the comments section below.
RIP to all the people who already in the heaven.
Memories last forever s what they said. The photos are really great.
It’s a nice thought that people still acknowledge God’s great creation. The Earth.
Wish we had managed to protect Earth with all our attempts. However, the truth is that our planet is being destroyed by many pollutions, which are the result of many barbarous decisions. Wild animals are disappearing, fishes are dying, and the atmosphere is in a horrible state. This is why many new diseases have appeared, and even young people are suffering from diseases that cannot be cured.
I feel like crying when I see these photos. Everything was made in vain. We didn’t manage to protect Earth, and we are still not able to. Why?
The answer is very sad.
Indifference and greed are responsible for what is happening to Earth, and to our lives. Nobody really cares about mother nature, or about the destiny of the entire humanity.
Quite the difference between the 70’s and now. Kudos to UWGB for being green before people knew what the environment was all about.
Remember in the ’70’s we were afraid of Global Cooling? Another one the teachers laid on us kids was, “in the year 2000 there wont be any trees left on earth”. Ah, nostalgia.
Hard to believe it’s been 40 years and people are just starting to see the light. You guys were way ahead of the curve. I admire you for that. Being Green has always been cool, some just didn’t realize it.
The symbol shown in the slide is the “Ecology” symbol widely popular in the ’70s, I believe. I think it is meant to be a stylized “e”… As for “Survival ’70s,” that was the theme chosen for the first, campus-and-community Earth Day symposium in Green Bay in 1970… the suggestion being that earth’s very survival was at stake if we didn’t mend our polluting ways.
Can anyone explain the “Survival 70s”/”The Beginning” graphic?
For that matter, what does the circle with with the cross bar represent?
Thanks! –DV
Having graduated in 1976- these photos brought back some very great times, and now I would love to visit the campus to see just how much it changed. I always appreciated how the school was really quite student driven. I give it a lot of credit for my independence that I enjoy to this day.
Cheers,
M Candee
Love the photos, thanks for posting (and opening up comments).
Wild to see how much campus has changed from my parents’ time to mine and now. Some great old photos in there!