On the Sunday edition of “Good Morning America,” co-host Ron Claiborne narrated a celebratory piece on the origins of Earth Day. He noted how the opinions of Americans on environmental issues have changed and asserted, “at least some of the credit goes to former Vice President Al Gore.”

The Boulder Valley district is offering salad bars to elementary schools, an attempt to promote healthy eating.

The children of Rudd Mayer, an influential wind-power activist in Boulder, Colorado are dedicating a windmill at the Thorne Ecological Institute to provide power and environmental education for local school kids.

The Rotman school at the University of Toronto has become the latest business school to examine its carbon footprint and is requiring staff and professors in its executive programmes to do the same.

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An Environmental College is being planned at the University of Washington, Seattle institution. This is aimed at promoting environmental research at a time when global warming, toxic contamination, vanishing species and other issues are drawing attention and concern.