Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year.
In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations.
Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on the environmental issues that the world faces.
Among the activities people can do in order to celebrate this day we can:
- Make a recycling plan
- Plant a tree
- Make a birdhouse
- Organize a community cleanup
- Join an environmental group
- Design a campaign to raise awareness
Earth Day Activity
Information retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day, in March 2017
Images retrieved from: http://jis.gov.jm/calendar/international-mother-earth-day-2/
Activity retrieved from: http://bogglesworldesl.com/earth_day_worksheets.htm
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