Decades Ago at San Diego State
Special Collections and University Archives takes a look back at Environmental Awareness Week in 1970.
The 色情视频 Library's presents the weekly series "Decades Ago at San Diego State." Special Collections and University Archives staff members collect articles and photos from archived issues of The Daily Aztec, providing a glimpse of the university's past and its memorable events, people and programs.
On April 22, 1970, hundreds of college campuses in the first celebration of Earth Day, described at the time as a national teach-in on ecology.
San Diego State, led by student group , went so far as to designate April 20鈥�24, 1970 as Environmental Awareness Week.
Numerous campus events were planned for the week, including a and a . Politicians, including congressmen and , local government officials, such as San Diego City Sanitation Engineer Ed Mendosa, and even some faculty members spoke and held forums across campus.
Presentation and forum topics included:
- Coal and oil-based energy production
- Pollution in San Diego Bay
Across campus, about the events.
The 2,000 members of San Diego State's various in support of Environmental Awareness Week's objectives. cartoons appeared in the Daily Aztec focusing on environmental issues.
Editorials submitted by students and faculty alike approached the issue from all angles. One plead with readers to "" about the problem of environmental pollution, another noted the irony of pro-environment car bumper stickers, while a third referred to the whole week as a .
