From Earth Day to Earthset! 1970-2026
From See ME. See My Ability by arcsomdpodcast
April 14, 2026 · 13 min · Season 3 · Episode 78
About this episode
The episode discusses the connection between the Artemis II spaceflight and the first Earth Day, featuring insights from environmental educator Cody Hance.
One of the things that happens during the podcasting classes at the Arc Southern Maryland is that our instructors and staff talk with clients about all sorts of neat things. One of those things was this past week's Artemis II spaceflight to the far side of the Moon, or the side of the Moon we do not see when we look up in the sky. We discussed how this moon mission harkens back to the time of the first moon flights, which coincided with the very first Earth Day, April 22, 1970. Back then that was the very first time the world got to see our home from space, as the small blue planet that it is. That image sparked a movement for common good, cleaning up the Earth and trying to repair our world. To help with our discussion with talked with the Environmental Educator from the Alice Ferguson Foundation, Cody Hance. This native Southern Marylander is concerned about the amount of plastics that end up not only in our food, but as micro-plastics, inside of all of us. The music is by way of a YouTube upload of a 2017 commemoration of Earth Day at the New York City based American Museum of Natural History. We sample it with the permissions that are given productions that are made for…
People in this episode
Guest: Cody Hance
Topics covered
- space exploration
- environmental education
- moon missions
- Earth Day
- plastics pollution
Keywords
- Artemis II
- Earth Day
- moon
- plastics
- environment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Alice Ferguson Foundation
Products: Microsoft Co-Pilot
Books & works: Earth Day, The Turtles, Earth Day commemoration
Places: Southern Maryland, New York City
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