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Earth Day New York History |
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Earth Day New York since 1989
Earth Day New York (EDNY) was founded in late 1989 by a broad coalition
of environmental groups to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Earth Day
in New York City. In
1990, Earth Day New York mobilized two million people to attend Earth
Day’s 20th Anniversary events—the Earth Rising Ceremony in Times Square
hosted by Mayor Dinkins, the Environmental Exposition and Cultural
Festival on Sixth Avenue and a major concert in Central Park featuring
the B-52s, speeches by Governor Cuomo and Mayor Dinkins among many
others. For the 25th Anniversary in 1995, we organized diverse
arts and educational events including The Parade for the Planet, The
Giant Earth Projections, The International Poster Exhibition and The
New York Team Clean and Green. For the 30th Anniversary of
Earth Day, we organized a vast environmental festival in three
different venues (Battery Park, Battery ParkCity and the World Trade
Center.) Exhibits included over 100 local, national and global
environmental organizations. For the past seven years Earth Day
New York has hosted EarthFair at Grand Central, a two-day festival of
art, music and the environment on Vanderbilt Avenue and inside the
majestic Beaux-Arts Terminal.
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