MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — If you’re feeling anxious about climate change and the state of our environment, getting involved with Earth Day may give you a boost. Paul Robbins is Dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW Madison, where Earth Day had its beginnings
“The worst thing that can happen is for people to experience paralysis, a sense that the problems are so overwhelming, that they can’t address them, that there’s no movement, that they’re isolated. That leads to inaction and inaction doesn’t help us, right. So Earth Day like well, it was so important in 1970, is more important now,” Robbins said.
There are dozens of events this week on the UW campus, and opportunities to get involved today in communities around Wisconsin.