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.
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Wild to see how much campus has changed from my parents’ time to mine and now. Some great old photos in there!
April 6th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Love the photos, thanks for posting (and opening up comments).
April 7th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
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
April 7th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Can anyone explain the “Survival 70s”/”The Beginning” graphic?
For that matter, what does the circle with with the cross bar represent?
Thanks! –DV
April 8th, 2009 at 7:58 am
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.