From: 
        Mark Dubois/Earth Day 2000 <[log in to unmask]>
                                                              1:01 PM
Steve,

Sorry not to get back to you sooner.  The response to our 21,000
invitations in  13 languages to 160 countries is tremendous - so keeping a
little busy.

In 1990, 200 million people in 141 countries on every continent celebrated
Earth Day on Ap 22.  (Soon you will have access on our website to the last
1990 newslettter that reflects the grassroots outpouring that happened for
earth Day.)  Part of 'our' success was inclusiveness  we honored all who
celebrated- some few on Mar 22, more for WED, June 5- but we honored all
who were ready to serve the Earth and encouraged collaboration and invited
groups to integrate what ever dates were important to them.

thanks for your thoughts and concern.  Hope this helps.
mark
-- 
(my prior msg to him)
Hi Mark,

Maybe you could straighten this out for me. A friend replied to your post which
I had
Fwd to some lists. I know that every day should be E.D., but how did this
happen?

HB: 
> All information about Earth Day is at:
 http://www.earthsite.org/earth99.htm
> and I even remember it from the WOC site.
> 
> Excuse me, I have to rush and find it not appropriate to put this issue
> on the table when we are all rushing for the events world-wide and
> outsiders can only get confused - and this looks like the purpose of
> that message you forwarded.
> We can blame EARTH DAY founder  John McConnel for not registering and
> copy- righting - but it is not his day it is OUR DAY on EQUINOX, for all
> of us, and when the UN and many countries have adopted it, why continue
> with this crazy me or you mine or our party. I liked both in teh past,
> but still we have to be true to the origine and purpose.

Contact   Mark Dubois/Earth Day 2000 <[log in to unmask]>  (Not Kurtz)


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