Smart Talk: Earth Day going corporate?; Etown is 1st college in country to offer interfaith major

What to look for on Smart Talk Tuesday, April 21, 2015:

Wednesday is the forty-fifth anniversary of Earth Day. First celebrated in 1970, the original Earth Day was a protest movement in the spirit of the day, with thousands of colleges and universities organizing demonstrations against environmental destruction. 

Much of the attention then was on air and water pollution.  The same can be said today but climate change is probably the number one environmental concern.

Today, Earth Day is embraced by large companies, raising concerns from some that Earth Day is “going corporate” as corporations are “going green.”           

Joining us on Wednesday’s Smart Talk to talk about Earth Day and its impact on consumers is Reid Frazier, a reporter and producer for The Allegheny Front environmental radio.

Also on the program, Elizabethtown College is the first in the nation to offer a major in interfaith leadership studies.  The curriculum will include coursework in religion, business, political science, sociology and biology.  Rev. Tracy Sadd, the Chaplain of Elizabethtown College and Katie Baxter, Vice President of Institutional Engagement of the Interfaith Youth Core discuss this initiative.