Earth Day is celebrated each year for raising public awareness about pollution and maintaining the planet's environment safety. The day is marked on April 22 each year and is celebrated around the world with types of conferences, rallies, many kinds of outdoor activities and projects.
According to The Telegraph, Earth Day started in America in 1970 as a day to praise the planet and urge individuals to be all the more ecologically agreeable. It is currently a yearly occasion and is generally viewed as the start of the present day environmental development. But how it was started?
Earth Day was founded and started by Gaylord Nelson, then a US Senator from Wisconsin, after he saw the assaults of the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Motivated by the student anti-war movement, he understood that he can emerge open awareness about nature, and then it could be impelled into the national political plan. April 22 was picked as the date for Earth Day as it fell between spring break and final examinations.
Raw Story reported that there were over 20 million Americans who were involved in the first celebration of Earth Day in the year 1970. After this event, laws such as Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and much more environmental laws were followed. In the year 1990, Earth Day went global. Some Facts and Activities for Earth Day in 2017 -
Activities: A Science March being scheduled in Washington D.C. for Earth Day 2017. Pledge for eating less meat, and reducing carbon footprint. Planting a tree or donating one.
Adopting any part of Earth with the help of NASA's Earth Day Tool. Recycling the recyclable waste products or non-used products.
Facts: Earth day has been renamed by the United Nations in the year 2009. It is now known as "International Mother Earth Day." In present, the CO2 levels are higher as compared to previously recorded levels in past years.
For Earth Day 2017, the theme of Earth Day is "Environment and Climate Literacy". The goal of this program is that until the year 2020, students graduating high school should be literate for climate and environment. A goal was being set in 2010 Earth Day for planting a billion trees, which was reached by 2012. The new goal is to plant 7.8 billion trees by the year 2020, which will be the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
Exercises related with Earth day frequently incorporate planting trees, bringing issues to light about reusing or recycling, volunteering for green ventures, and lessening the measure of vitality individuals devour. Earth Day is upheld by a large group of celebrities which include Leonardo Di Caprio, Emma Watson, Miley Cyrus and Matt Damon.
