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Recycling, organic undies, bus riding all get the Berkeley nod
On Earth Day, people are encouraged to think about living in a manner healthy both for the body and the earth. Traditionally, it is a day for thinking about both ones place within a larger ecology and methods for environmentally sound living.
At Berkeley’s Earth Day festival Saturday, it also served as a showcase for a variety of environmental causes. Although the sunny day, organic vegetarian food and roots music helped create an ambiance of earth-friendliness — that was not the point. Rather, organizer Karen Hester said she wanted to get people interested in environmentalism to take one step further.
“I want to give people exposure to a wide range of environmental issues,” said Hester. “The idea is to plug them into the environmental movement so that they become activists.”
The opportunity to showcase their environmental issues before an interested audience can be more than a boon to
