Saturday is Earth Day -- the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. That environmental movement has led to many positive changes to the environment like the Clean Air Act.

Even before the first Earth Day, Pennsylvania enacted The Pennsylvania Environmental Rights Amendment to it’s Constitution which said "The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment.”

Fifty-three years after that first Earth Day, efforts to rid the environment of greenhouse gases and clean up waterways could be considered even more serious with a warming climate leading to what could be disastrous changes to the planet.

This Saturday – Earth Day – there’s a Climate Summit in Lancaster with more than four dozen presentations and events. It’s coordinated by the non-profit Regen/All, whose Executive Director Eric Sauder was with us on The Spark today, along with John Dernbach, Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability, Director, Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, Widener University Commonwealth Law School.

Saturday is Earth Day -- the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. That environmental movement has led to many positive changes to the environment like the Clean Air Act.
Even before the first Earth Day, Pennsylvania enacted The Pennsylvania Environmental Rights Amendment to it’s Constitution which said "The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment.”
Fifty-three years after that first Earth Day, efforts to rid the environment of greenhouse gases and clean up waterways could be considered even more serious with a warming climate leading to what could be disastrous changes to the planet.
This Saturday – Earth Day – there’s a Climate Summit in Lancaster with more than four dozen presentations and events. It’s coordinated by the non-profit Regen/All, whose Executive Director Eric Sauder was with us on The Spark today, along with John Dernbach, Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability, Director, Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, Widener University Commonwealth Law School.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from <a href="https://www.witf.org">WITF</a>, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

The Spark

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

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