HERSHEY, PA - SEPTEMBER 22: Jack Johnson performs on stage during the Farm Aid Concert at Hersheypark Stadium on September 22
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On this day in 1970, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day, the national holiday now celebrated in nearly 200 countries. While every day ostensibly should be Earth Day, it's nice to have a little reminder that maybe you should walk instead of drive and separate your damn recycling!

Rock and roll ain't just decadence and narcissism. Listen to our Earth Day playlist below for some artists like Beck, Jack Johnson and Michael Jackson who do give a damn.

Flashback Friday: Wild Photos From Classic MTV Spring Breaks

Sum 41 hanging with Carmen Electra, a four-member Destiny's Child on the beach, Ashanti in Pocahontas beachwear...it must have been the channel's annual ode to spring-break partying. Check out all the nostalgia (and all the terrible fashion choices) in these vintage shots

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CANCUN - MARCH 16: Rapper Sisqo, Singer Pink, Rapper Tyrese joke around during a photo shoot of MTV's Spring Break 2000 in Ca

Sisqo, Pink & Tyrese

Sisqo, Pink, Tyrese joke around during a photo shoot of MTV's Spring Break 2000 on March 16, 2000 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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CANCUN - MARCH 16: Rapper Jay-Z and a model perform during MTV's Spring Break 2000 in Cancun, Mexico. (Photo by: Frank Micelo

Jay Z

Jay Z and a model on stage during MTV's Spring Break 2000 on March 16, 2000 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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Xzibit, Eminem and Dr. Dre in Cancun at MTV's Spring Break 2000. 3/16/00 Photo by Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect

Xzibit, Eminem & Dr. Dre

Xzibit, Eminem and Dr. Dre perform during MTV's Spring Break 2000 on March 16, 2000 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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CANCUN - MARCH 16: Rapper Dr. Dre, Eminem and Xzibit performs during MTV's Spring Break 2000 in Cancun, Mexico. (Photo by: Fr

Dr. Dre, Eminem & Xzibit

Dr. Dre, Eminem and Xzibit perform during MTV's Spring Break 2000 on March 16, 2000 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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CANCUN - MARCH 16: Destiny's Child pauses for photographs during MTV's Spring Break 2000 in Cancun, Mexico. (Photo by: Frank

Destiny's Child

Destiny's Child poses for photos during MTV's Spring Break 2000 on March 16, 2000 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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Rosario Dawson, on left, and Tara Reid of the new film Josie and the Pussycats with Snoop Dogg backstage during MTV's Spring

Rosario Dawson, Snoop Dogg & Tara Reid

Rosario Dawson, Snoop Dogg, and Tara Reid pose backstage during MTV's Spring Break 2001 on March 15, 2001 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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Lead singer of Crazy Town Shifty Shellshock, on left, with TRL host Carson Daly backstage during MTV's Spring Break 2001 in C

Shifty Shellshock & Carson Daly

Crazy Town's Shifty Shellshock and Carson Daly pose backstage during MTV's Spring Break 2001 on March 15, 2001 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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Tweet performs during MTV Spring Break 2002 on the beack in front of the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. 3/14/02 Photo

Tweet

Tweet performs during MTV Spring Break 2002 on March 12, 2002 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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Missy Elliott performs during MTV Spring Break 2002 on the beack in front of the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. 3/14/0

Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott performs during MTV Spring Break 2002 on March 14, 2002 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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Fat Joe and Ashanti perform during MTV Spring Break 2002 on the beach in front of the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. 3

Fat Joe & Ashanti

Fat Joe and Ashanti perform during MTV Spring Break 2002 on March 14, 2002 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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Busta Rhymes performs during MTV Spring Break 2002 on the beach in front of the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. 3/15/02

Busta Rhymes

Busta Rhymes performs during MTV Spring Break 2002 on March 15, 2002 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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Kelly and Jack Osbourne backstage during MTV Spring Break 2002 on the beach in front of the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancun, Mexi

Kelly & Jack Osbourne

Kelly and Jack Osbourne backstage during MTV Spring Break 2002 on March 15, 2002 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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MIAMI BEACH, FL - MARCH 12: Actress Carmen Electra (C) stands backstage with pop punk band Sum 41 during a taping for "MTV Sp

Carmen Electra & Sum 41

Carmen Electra backstage with Sum 41 during MTV Spring Break 2003 on March 12, 2003 in Miami Beach, Florida. more »

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MIAMI BEACH, FL - MARCH 12: Rock group All-American Rejects perform during a taping for "MTV Spring Break 2003" at the Surfco

All-American Rejects

All-American Rejects perform during MTV Spring Break 2003 on March 12, 2003 in Miami Beach, Florida. more »

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MIAMI BEACH, FL - MARCH 12: Pop punk band Sum 41 performs during a taping for "MTV Spring Break 2003" at the Surfcomber Hotel

Sum 41

Sum 41 performs during MTV Spring Break 2003" on March 12, 2003 in Miami Beach, Florida. more »

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50 Cent during MTVs 2003 Spring Break- "MTV Invades Miami" Taping at Double Tree Surfcomber Hotel in Miami, Florida, United S

50 Cent

50 Cent performs during MTV's Spring Break 2003 on March 13, 2003 in Miami, Florida, United States. more »

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MIAMI - MARCH 13: Kelly Clarkson (R) and Justin Guarini (L) pose for a photo backstage during a taping for "MTV Spring Break

Justin Guarini & Kelly Clarkson

Justin Guarini and Kelly Clarkson pose for photos backstage during MTV Spring Break 2003 on March 13, 2003 in Miami Beach, Florida. more »

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Lindsay Lohan during the body signing at TRL (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/FilmMagic)

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan during the body signing on TRL on March 12, 2004. more »

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Quddus and Jessica Simpson with MTV Spring Breakers (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)

Quddus & Jessica Simpson

Quddus and Jessica Simpson with MTV Spring Breakers on March 13, 2004. more »

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CANCUN, MEXICO - MARCH 8: (U.S. TABS OUT) Actor Nick Cannon poses for a photo with a Mexican Mariachi band backstage during a

Nick Cannon

Nick Cannon with a Mexican Mariachi band backstage during MTV Spring Break on March 8, 2005 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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(L-R) No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal, musician Stephen Bradley, singer Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, musician Gabrial McNa

No Doubt

No Doubt on MTV's TRL's Spring Break show on March 11, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada. more »

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Mario with Spring Breaker during MTV Spring Break 2005 - March 8, 2005 at The City - Cancun in Cancun, Mexico. (Photo by Theo

Mario

Mario with a spring breaker during MTV Spring Break 2005 on March 8, 2005 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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CANCUN, MEXICO - MARCH 9: (U.S. TABS OUT) Singers Mario (L), Ciara, and Omarion (R) pose for a photo backstage during a tapin

Mario, Ciara & Omarion

Mario, Ciara, and Omarion pose for photos backstage during MTV Spring Break on March 9, 2005 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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CANCUN - MARCH 10: (U.S. TABS OUT) Model/actress Paris Hilton and actor Rob Schneider pose for a photo backstage during a tap

Paris Hilton & Rob Schneider

Paris Hilton and Rob Schneider pose for a photo backstage during a taping for MTV Spring Break on March 10, 2005 in Cancun, Mexico. more »

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Lil Wayne during MTV's Spring Break Day 1 - March 08, 2006 - Matchbook Romance and Lil Wayne in Panama City, Florida, United

Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne performing on March 8, 2006 in Panama City, Florida, United States. more »

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HelloGoodbye at the Summit Resort in Panama City Beach, Florida (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage)

HelloGoodbye

HelloGoodbye performs at the Summit Resort on March 16, 2006 in Panama City Beach, Florida. more »

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