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Article: EARTH DAY TURNS OVER NEW LEAF IN CITIES.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- April 21, 2005
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Byline: Josh Kleinbaum Staff Writer
After years of focusing on saving trees, endangered species, waterways and other ecosystem-oriented causes, Earth Day event organizers are taking a different tack: ``Save the whales'' has become ``Save the neighborhood.''
Environmental organizations throughout Los Angeles will officially celebrate the 35th annual Earth Day on Friday with this year's theme being ``Protect our children and our future'' - an effort to focus on issues pertaining to young people in urban areas.
``We're really trying to make a connection between the environment, which some people think of as 'Save the whale,' and our day-to-day ...