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Earth Day 2024

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 Vermont stands out as an active area on the Earth Day event map . When the events are filtered by date, 4/22/2024, Vermont stands out as having zero events on Earth Day. How can that be? Apparently, some events forgot to register with earthday.org . Green Up Day (like Love the Boot Week in Louisiana) is an Earth Day event. Every Vermonter should do their part to green up the state on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Register your participation so Vermont can claim the Guinness World Record for the  longest litter pickup team before Louisiana realizes that it has a size advantage. What kinds of things could a governor do to strengthen Green Up Day?  Hmm. This is the sort of thing I would do if I were governor: As Governor Davis did on the first Green Up Day, April 18, 1970 (preceding by four days the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970),  clear the interstate highways of motor vehicles for the morning of Green Up Day. Experiencing the scale of freeways on foot and by bicycle is completely differe