How a Santa Barbara Oil Spill Sparked our Environmental Movement
By Parisa Mirzadegan When we think of Santa Barbara, we typically think of beach days and wine tasting (and, of course, our very own FluidStance headquarters!). Lesser known is our town’s rich history of environmentalism. In fact, the first Earth Day took place in 1970, a year after the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill sparked a national environmental movement. Every...