Happy Earth Day 2011
"A Billion Acts of Green"
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It's another one of those silly scientific holidays, but I wanted to take a minute to write about it because even I don't know where Earth Day comes from. Turns out there is a whole website devoted to Earth Day! http://www.earthday.org/
The History:
Earth Day was founded on April 22nd, 1970 by a guy named, Gaylord Nelson. It turns out he was, at the time, a US Senator for Wisconsin. He got the idea from experiencing the massive oil spill of 1969 in Santa Barbra, California. He announced his idea to the Media and the rest is history. On April 22nd, 20,000,000 Americans got out and rallied for a cleaner environment. Soon to follow were an environmental agency, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and an Environmental Act, the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts.
Monumental Earth Days:
April 22nd, 1970 --> The First Earth Day ever!
* 20 Million People in the United States
April 22nd, 1990 --> The First International Earth Day!
* 200 Million People and 141 countries
* Boosted recycling efforts
* First United Nations Earth Summit (1992)
* Nelson was honored by President Clinton with the "Presidential Metal of Freedom"
April 22nd, 2010 --> The 40th anniversary of Earth Day
* "Earth Day 2000 sent world leaders the loud and clear message that citizens around the world wanted quick and decisive action on clean energy."
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Designed by world-renowned graphic artist Ivan Chermayeff, the 2011 Earth Day poster is a rainbow, multi-lingual call for Earth activists to join our A Billion Acts of Green® campaign. At over 42 million Acts, BAG is already the world’s largest environmental service campaign ever, and intends to collect 1 billion Acts before the Rio +20 Earth Summit in 2012! |
Take a chance today to say, "I love you Earth."
********* http://act.earthday.org/ ***********
You can do things like save electricity, conserve water, or even just recycle the pop can you usually throw away at work.
Maybe you could plant some flowers, or a small tree.
If you are super into your Earth Loving, then you could hug a tree or kiss the ground.
Whatever it is, make today count! I'm not a huge Tree Hugger myself but there are some thing we could all change in our life to save the earth we live on. If we don't then who will and what will happen to the planet we live on. Ps- Doing things to save the Earth, can help you save money too!!
I hope you all have a great Friday and a great Earth Day!!
"No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a large number
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