{"id":449,"date":"2024-04-22T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.russbishop.com\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2024-04-22T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T17:31:29","slug":"earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day and National Park Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8196\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.russbishop.com\/image\/I0000wXPEP3d1Cq0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8196 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rbishop_958718da.jpg\" alt=\"Earth Day and National Park Week. Dawn light over the Tetons from Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rbishop_958718da.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rbishop_958718da-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rbishop_958718da-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rbishop_958718da-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rbishop_958718da-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rbishop_958718da-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rbishop_958718da-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dawn light over the Tetons, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Celebrating Earth Day and National Park Week!<\/p>\n<p>Fifty years ago the green movement was conceived and since then it has become a driving force in today&#8217;s world economy and social consciousness. We&#8217;ve come a long way since the early days of tie-dye and the novel concept of recycling. Fast forward to 2024 and LED light bulbs are the norm, electric cars are everywhere, and small countries like Iceland are run almost entirely on clean energy.<\/p>\n<p>One of the driving forces in my photography is to show the natural world at its best and to remind us all why\u00a0it&#8217;s important\u00a0to preserve it. I also support organizations like <a title=\"The Nature Conservancy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Nature Conservancy<\/a> and <a title=\"The Wilderness Society\" href=\"http:\/\/wilderness.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Wilderness Society<\/a>, which do an excellent job of preserving natural spaces, working with landowners,\u00a0and educating the public about the connection between health and conservation throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u00a0<a title=\"National Park Week\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/npscelebrates\/national-park-week.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Park Week<\/a> is April 20th-28th and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthday.org\/\">Earth Day<\/a> is Monday, April 22nd. Once again the National Park Service is partnering with the National Park Foundation and all entrance fees are waived on Saturday, April 20th. But even if you can&#8217;t travel It&#8217;s still a great time to enjoy America&#8217;s Best Idea at home with the kids or celebrate Earth Day in your backyard or at a natural space or preserve close to home.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you connect with nature in your own town, explore and plan a visit to favorite park or simply change out those old light bulbs, take time to marvel at all the natural wonders of our tiny blue planet and make a commitment to help preserve it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Russ Bishop\/All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating Earth Day and National Park Week! Fifty years ago the green movement was conceived and since then it has become a driving force in today&#8217;s world economy and social consciousness. We&#8217;ve come a long way since the early days of tie-dye and the novel concept of recycling. Fast forward to 2024 and LED light &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/earth-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Earth Day and National Park Week&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,173,8],"tags":[179,370,38,641,593,36],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-landscape-photography","category-nature-photography","tag-conservation","tag-earth-day","tag-environment","tag-grand-teton-national-park","tag-national-park-week","tag-national-parks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russbishop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}