While the idea of Earth Day began to be delivered by Gaylord Nelson since 1969. At that time, Gaylord Nelson looked at the need for issues - environmental issues included in the official curriculum for the college. This idea later gained widespread support.
This support reaches its peak on April 22, 1970. When the history records of millions of people took to the streets, demonstrating and thronged Fifth Avenue in New York to denounce the destructive earth. TIME magazine estimates that approximately 20 million people took to the streets on 22 April 1970.
Gaylord Nelson, the originator of Earth Day.
This moment became a milestone commemorated as the first Earth Day. April 22 also coincides with the spring in the Northern Hemisphere (Northern Hemisphere) as well as the fall in the southern hemisphere. Since then, on April 22 each year Earth Day (Earth Day) is celebrated.
History records, Earth Day is a campaign to encourage people care about the environment. Movement to raise awareness and appreciation of the human-occupied planet is Earth. Earth Day has become a global movement worldwide to date. Implementation worldwide coordinate by Earth Day Network's, a non-profit organization composed of various NGOs around the world.
The UN itself chose March 20, the time when the sun is directly above the equator as the Earth Day. This refers to the idea "for the day - the Earth" peace activist John McConnell triggered. Today, better known as "Earth Day Equinoks" The United Nations commemorated each year since March 21, 1971. But the UN also recognizes April 22 as Earth Day is held globally. The UN officially celebrate 22 April as "International Mother Earth Day".
According to various analyzes blasts protesters appear due to the merging of the 60s generation (most are students, college students, graduate) who is famous as the motor of the anti - war, rights - civil rights radical. A marriage between rebellion 60 - and an 60-year environmental awareness - an.
The first Earth Day in the United States is the climactic battle of the environmental movement 60 years - an entry for urgent environmental issues as a permanent national agenda. Earth Day has now become a global event. EARTH DAY alert implementers to unite together in a global network of civil society for the Earth Day EARTH DAY NETWORK, based in Seattle.
Earth Day at the Cleveland April, 22 1970.
When the first Earth Day '70 involving at least 20 million people in the U.S., Earth Day 1990 involving 200 million people around the world, on Earth Day 2000 is estimated involved 500 million people around the world with the jargon of "making history - making change".
