Earth Day

Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.[1][2] Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth

Dixon U.S History The Genius of Earth Day Book Essay Earth Day is one of the most important days in gloabl history, which created a powerful social impact on American civilization historically, that still lives on today. Starting from the 1960’s, the social movement towards environmental importance impacted American history, which transfromed to a global priority today. Within the “prehistory of Earth Day”, Americans became energized and joined the Earth day social movement due to the urgency

In the decades following the first Earth Day, the perspectives and purposes surrounding the day have changed. The fervor and desire for environmental protection legislation have certainly lessened. Still, the impact and importance of the initial protest are still felt and the motivations behind the first Earth Day still burn strong in many Americans. Earth Day celebrations continue in the US to this day, and the anniversary celebrations garner significant publicity. Each big celebration has a main

April 22, Earth Day is celebrated all throughout the world each year, since the first Earth Day in the 1970’s. Millions of people when to the street to protest for the negative impacts of more than a hundred years of industrial development. Earth Day started because of the devastating oil spill that Santa Barbara had in California, 1969. The spill encouraged Senator Gaylord Nelson of having a day to focus on helping environmental and teach the public of natural disasters (History of earth day, 2017)

Earth Day Ana Aguilar SOC 302 Forests & Culture 2020 marks for the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, in that year the main focus will be to end plastic pollution (Earth Day). The first Earth Day was on April 22, the 1970s all throughout the U.S. Know it's a global event that people from all over the world celebrated. Before the movement started in the 1970’s, a great oil spill happened that Santa Barbara had in California, 1969. Thus, the oil spill encouraged Senator

In the text “Earth Day” We take a look at Earth day by the numbers. The author Claudia Atticot stated “The recycling rate has increased from less than 10% in 1980 to over 34% in 2011. This could partially be due to one special day in April where everyone comes together and helps make The Earth a better place. This day is called Earth day. Firstly, Earth day can help us preserve Earth for the Millions of years to come. As Amanda Davis stated. “Now people all over the world are learning about

In “Earth Day” Claudia Atticot and Alexandra Manning state, “Every square mile of the ocean contains more than 46,000 pieces of floating plastic” This garbage is ruining the environment; an environment we don’t know how to take care of. So because of this, we need a day to clean up and take care of our environment. Earth Day is a day in which learn about how to better our environment. We need Earth Day because we are still learning about the environments in our communities and most of the world’s

article “The History of Earth Day” by Amanda Davis states, “In 1962 Gaylord Nelson decided to do something needed to be done to the environment.” Earth Day is an important day to Earth. We need to take good care of our home and care about it. I think we need Earth Day because Nelson thought about the Earth and cared about it, now because of Nelson more people care about the Earth, and now Earth Day is an official holiday. I think that Gaylord Nelson is important to Earth Day because now more people

It would take 3.3 Planets if everyone lived the way I live. I use 14.7 global acres according the Earth Day Footprint Calculator. Most of my use came from services, followed by almost equal amounts in shelter, mobility, goods, and food. I was actually quite surprised to see my rating as I accepted it to be much lower. This calculator really illustrates the importance of green energy. My home is a rental and is typical in the state I live in regarding the use of standard electrical services as

In “The History of Earth Day” by Amanda Davis, Amanda Davis states, “On April 22, 1970, more than 20 million demonstrations and thousands of schools and local communities participated in Nelson’s demonstration.” This shows that a lot of schools and communities were willing to help Nelson create a day that helps Earth stay clean. This day also took a lot of work to make happen. Earth Day is still greatly needed as a holiday. It took Nelson heading to Washington, D.C. to get John F. Kennedy to stand