LA area's first Earth Day got weird: Tommy Trojan in a gas mask, the Red …

Electric vehicles are the wave of the future, whether it's from sucking too much oil out of the ground, or because of improved battery technology. Most internal combustion engines are unsustainable, and if you're thinking about  April 22, 2015: Black winged stilts fly around Freedom Island where environmental activists are conducting coastal clean-up to mark … Read more

Would Earth Day's creator have celebrated this Earth Day?

The first reference to Ira Einhorn inventing Earth Day I could find on Lexis-Nexis came in 1988, when Newsday interviewed Steven Levy about his book on Einhorn, The Unicorn's Secret. It called Einhorn the "organizer of its 1970 Earth Day." In 1989 The National Security Agency had released a mascot (?) for Earth Day (??) … Read more

6 ways to celebrate Earth Day

As many of our listeners know, K-EARTH 101 got its namesake from the establishment of Earth Day, and this week we're honoring this beautiful planet we call home with our annual Earth Day Expo broadcast at the Los Angeles Zoo! In addition to Earth Day  For Google's annual salute to Earth Day in 2014, the … Read more

Lyrid meteor shower to peak this morning

Bob Adelmann New American April 22, 2014. On nearly every calendar Tuesday, April 22, 2014 is denoted as “Earth Day,” putting it into the same category as “Presidents' Day” or “Independence Day.” Indeed, some consider  Cities throughout Europe are gearing up for Earth Day. With several events going on across the continent, Europeans will surely … Read more

Lyrid meteor shower coming on Earth Day

In celebration of Earth Day, which takes place on April 22, Apple has started updating the logos of some of its retail stores with green leaf For Google's annual salute to Earth Day in 2014, the company has incorporated a series of six animals – the Rofous hummingbird, dung beetle, moon jellyfish, Japanese macaque, puffer … Read more