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WHETHER they pulled tires out of the Bronx River in White Plains, set up recycling booths in Chicago or marched in San Francisco, the millions of Americans who celebrated the first Earth Day in 1970 were bound by two principles: the environment was a mess, and the Government needed to do something about it. This week, America marks Earth Day’s 25th anniversary. But that cracking sound heard across the country is more than the breaking …

I was a 14-year-old eighth grader in White Plains, N.Y. on April 22, 1970, the very first Earth Day. It was such a national happening that Highlands Junior High School organized work parties for the occasion. My friends and I decided to paint the dingy New York Central train station downtown; we laid on so much white enamel that the brick walls looked as though they’d been bleached. The New York Times was impressed. They reported on …

HONOR, MI – The choreography inside a small independent rural grocery store is on display daily at Honor Family Market. Tim Schneider, one of four siblings that own and manage the store, stacks packaged goods in one of the seven aisles. Younger brother Patrick Schneider prepares prime cuts of beef and homemade sausage. A sister, Marilyn Edginton, oversees the bakery. Her younger sister, Helen Schneider, manages the produce department, and oversees accounts, ordering, and payroll …