Pages

Total Pageviews

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Earth Day - April 22

Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's Natural Environment.
Earth Day—April 22has inspired and mobilized individuals and organizations worldwide to demonstrate their commitment to environmental protection and sustainability



















The 1st Earth Day in 1970  planned in just eight months, events across the U.S. drew 20 million supporters, and thousands of students and local communities.



Wisconsin (USA)Senator Gaylord Nelson is considered the founder of Earth Day


Senator Nelson, an environmental activist, took a leading role in organizing the celebration, hoping to demonstrate popular political support for an environmental agenda.Nelson had conceived the idea for Earth Day following a trip he took to Santa Barbara right after the horrific oil spill off the coast in 1969.















Earth Day 20 and Earth Day 1990

Mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting the status of environmental issues onto the world stage, Earth Day activities in 1990 gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro


Earth Day 2000

 This was the first year that Earth Day used the Internet as its principal organizing tool, and it proved invaluable domestically and internationally.The event ultimately enlisted more than 5,000 environmental groups outside the United States, reaching hundreds of millions of people in a record 183 countries.


Earth Day Flag

 

No comments:

Post a Comment