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When I was going through my mother’s things after she died, I came across this button from what might be the original (or at least early) #EarthDay . It has the Ecology Flag (with that ecology E that actually looks like a theta — ϴ) #DailyPictureTheme #Earth
Mama took action after StaBarb oil spill…
11:52 AM - Apr 22, 2024
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I found a Feb 1969 news article about her plans to demonstrate by burning gas company charge cards (they ended up cutting them, not burning them), and the editors huffed over how “this isn’t the right way to go about it” as news editors are wont to do in response to every demonstration ever.
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She led our Girl Scout troop to replant flats of baby #trees into individual pots for a #PlantTrees giveaway for #EarthDay in maybe 1970 or ’71

Whoa. This memory 🤝 Yday daily picture theme re plant propagation of #CaliforniaNativePlants .

I learned from Mama.
Love your Mother 🌎
Love you, Mother!
11:52 AM - Apr 22, 2024 (Edited)
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Here’s a heck of a lot more re Mama’s response to the #SantaBarbaraOilSpill and receipts from the paper. Plus some discussion. In another #EarthDay thread.

https://spoutible.com/thre...
05:40 PM - Apr 22, 2024
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