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April 22 is EARTH DAY. The first Earth Day was held in the United States on April 22, 1970. It was started by US Senator, Gaylord Nelson, who was concerned about environmental damage. Its growth led to the development of an organising body - the Earth Day Network.
The Earth Day Network states that its mission is "to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle to build a healthy, sustainable environment, address climate change, and protect the earth for future generations."
It became a global organisation 20 years after it was founded and now works with more than 50,000 partners in 196 countries. It works through a combination of education, public policy and consumer campaigns.
In Australia this year there are a number of registered Earth Day activities, many of which involve tree planting. Places where there are registered activities include Geraldton, Melbourne, Bathurst, Rockdale and Cairns.
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Earth
Day Network’s mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental
movement worldwide and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle to
build a healthy, sustainable environment, address climate change, and
protect the Earth for future generations.
Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth
Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental
movement, working with more than 50,000 partners in 196 countries to
build environmental democracy. We work through a combination of
education, public policy, and consumer campaigns.
The first Earth Day on April 22,
1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life and is
widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. The
passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and
many other groundbreaking environmental laws soon followed. Twenty
years later, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141
countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage. More
than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year,
making it the largest civic observance in the world.
- See more at: http://www.earthday.org/about/#sthash.BSEEj5Ud.dpuf
Earth
Day Network’s mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental
movement worldwide and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle to
build a healthy, sustainable environment, address climate change, and
protect the Earth for future generations.
Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth
Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental
movement, working with more than 50,000 partners in 196 countries to
build environmental democracy. We work through a combination of
education, public policy, and consumer campaigns.
The first Earth Day on April 22,
1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life and is
widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. The
passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and
many other groundbreaking environmental laws soon followed. Twenty
years later, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141
countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage. More
than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year,
making it the largest civic observance in the world.
- See more at: http://www.earthday.org/about/#sthash.BSEEj5Ud.dpuf