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Celebrate Earth Day (Apr. 22) by doing something for the earth!

Started by Calvin Webster

from: the Earth Day Network

It was into such a world that the very first Earth Day was born.Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, proposed the first nationwide environmental protest "to shake up the political establishment and force this issue onto the national agenda. " "It was a gamble," he recalls, "but it worked."At the time, Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. Environment was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news.Earth Day 1970 turned that all around.On April 22, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment. Denis Hayes, the national coordinator, and his youthful staff organized massive coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife suddenly realized they shared common values.

  1. This is an ongoing pledge that should be fulfilled as often as possible.

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  1. Csák Krisztina

    Csák Krisztina Budapest, Hungary @ 02:15PM PST Mar 28

    So my little daughter and her future kids will have an Earth to celebrate.

  2. Taira Wilhelm

    Taira Wilhelm Ketchikan, AK @ 08:50PM PST Feb 04

    I helped organize a clean up in Ketchikan for it last year, will help keep it going!

  3. Olivia Round

    Olivia Round Ketchikan, AK @ 02:08PM PST Feb 02

    Absolutely!

  4. Vimal S

    Vimal S Melbourne, Australia @ 04:14AM PST Jan 31

    Reduce your carbon foot-print, * Changing your light bulbs to energy savers * Walking/taking public transport - instead of using using bikes & cars * Switching-off appliances, instead of leaving them in ON * Saving water * Use the printer @ home or @ office only when needed * Turn-off the screen savers in computers, as they take more or less the equal amount of energy as the power-on monitors * Use cold water for washing

  5. Loren Stanton Ketchikan, AK @ 11:18AM PST Jan 23

    Why? Why? The earth is our home....I like to keep a tidy home.

  6. Amelia Cooper

    Amelia Cooper Ketchikan, AK @ 12:46AM PST Jan 23

    Let's make paper! Or walk everywhere. . .or, let your yellow mellow.

  7. Fran Carr

    Fran Carr Corinth, KY @ 01:50PM PST Jan 13

    We need to protect our natural resources before it is too late.

  8. Yashika Negi

    Yashika Negi , PA @ 08:27AM PST Jan 09

    Our beautiful World can be saved even if one person do some effort.

  9. Michelle Gallagher

    Michelle Gallagher Traverse City, MI @ 08:01AM PST Jan 09

    Imagine if we all did just ONE thing on this day to help protect/save our land.

  10. William Spillane

    William Spillane New Castle, DE @ 04:24AM PST Sep 08

    This is good for me because this is also my birthday...no kidding.

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