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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2013 13:42:22 GMT -6
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-earth-day?cmpid=Social_Twitter_TDIH_04222013_5 Apr 22, 1970: The first Earth Day[/size] Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world's environmental problems, is celebrated in the United States for the first time. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches, and educational programs. Earth Day was the brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, a staunch environmentalist who hoped to provide unity to the grassroots environmental movement and increase ecological awareness. "The objective was to get a nationwide demonstration of concern for the environment so large that it would shake the political establishment out of its lethargy," Senator Nelson said, "and, finally, force this issue permanently onto the national political agenda." Earth Day indeed increased environmental awareness in America, and in July of that year the Environmental Protection Agency was established by special executive order to regulate and enforce national pollution legislation. On April 22, 1990, the 20th anniversary of Earth Day, more than 200 million people in 141 countries participated in Earth Day celebrations. Earth Day has been celebrated on different days by different groups internationally. The United Nations officially celebrates it on the vernal equinox, which usually occurs about March 21. WATCH VIDEO: www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-earth-day?cmpid=Social_Twitter_TDIH_04222013_5[/color]
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2013 13:49:49 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2016 14:17:39 GMT -6
Neil deGrasse Tyson ✔ @neiltyson
EARTH DAY: Founded in 1970 during the Apollo Moon missions — when we looked back & discovered Earth for the first time
Neil deGrasse Tyson ✔ @neiltyson
April 22, 2016: Earth Day is graced with a Full Moon. Occurs, on average, every thirty years.
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2016 14:21:19 GMT -6
President Obama ✔ @potus
Today, the US joined some 170 nations to sign the Paris Agreement - an historic step this Earth Day to protect the one planet we've got.
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2016 14:25:06 GMT -6
NASA Solar System ✔ @nasasolarsystem Happy #EarthDay from far-ranging robots in our solar system. #24SEVEN go.nasa.gov/1WKA8Gm Join NASA for a #24Seven Celebration of Earth Day Earth 24-Seven graphic This Earth Day, NASA is giving the world an insider’s look into the myriad activities the space agency conducts in a typical day to study and protect our home planet. And -- we’re asking the world to share your Earth Day with us. On April 22, NASA will post about 200 images across nearly 100 different social media channels that capture the breadth of the agency’s 24-hour-a-day work to study Earth. The images were captured during the week of March 27, but have been assembled chronologically to tell a story of a “day in the life” of NASA’s Earth science work. The time-stamped posts -- hashtagged #24Seven -- will begin publishing at 12:01 a.m. EDT and will continue throughout the day. We know we aren’t the only people working to safeguard and understand our home planet. As you celebrate Earth Day, we’re asking you to share on social media what you’re doing to mark the day and celebrate our fragile home in space. Share your posts on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #24Seven, or on our Facebook Event page. Then keep watching the hashtag #24Seven throughout the day and watch a global picture emerge of how people everywhere are celebrating Earth Day. CLICK TO SEE PHOTOS: www.nasa.gov/content/earth-day-image-gallery-celebrating-earths-beauty CONTINUE READING: go.nasa.gov/1WKA8Gm NASA Marks Earth Day with #24Seven Celebration www.space.com/32651-nasa-earth-day-2016-24seven-celebration.html?utm_content=bufferc4202&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer%26cmpid%3D514648
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2016 14:51:11 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2018 11:55:20 GMT -6
HAPPY EARTH DAY
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2018 12:01:40 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2018 12:10:50 GMT -6
www.cnn.com/2018/04/22/world/earth-day-trnd/index.html?sr=twCNN042218earth-day-trnd1138AMStory Five good (and bad things) that have happened since last Earth DayBy Nicole Chavez, CNN / www.cnn.com/profiles/nicole-chavez Sun April 22, 2018 (CNN)Earth Day turns 48 this year and millions of people in roughly 200 countries will unite Sunday to find ways to protect and celebrate the planet. In the past year, we've had environmental victories as well as defeats, all of which will have effects on the planet in some way. Here are five significant events that happened since the last Earth Day: We lost one rhino subspeciesSudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, died at 45. Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, died at 45. The world's last male northern white rhino died last month, leaving the future of the subspecies in doubt.At 45, Sudan was fraught with age-related issues and multiple infections. He lived in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya surrounded by armed guards who protected him 24 hours a day. Rhinos are targeted by poachers, fueled by the belief in Asia that their horns cure various ailments. Experts say the rhino horn is becoming more lucrative than drugs. When Sudan died, he left behind his daughter Najin, 28, and granddaughter, Fatu, 17. The future of the rhinos remains uncertain as scientists look into multiple alternatives to sustain the subspecies, including artificially inseminating one of the two females left. We are saying goodbye to plasticsA woman sorts plastic bags after washing them for re-use in a river in Nairobi, Kenya.Plastic-free supermarkets, a deposit on plastic bottles and jail time for using plastic bags. These are just some of the efforts leaders are making to curb the world's plastic addiction. In February, the very first plastic-free supermarket aisle was unveiled in Amsterdam. Shoppers there are buying their groceries in "new compostable bio-materials as well as traditional materials" such as glass, metal and cardboard. Kenyans could face fours years in jail or up to $40,000 in fines if they produce, sell or even use plastic bags. Plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton swabs could be banned in England as part of the government's plan to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. The UK government is also planning to introduce a deposit on plastic bottles, requiring customers to pay an extra tax when buying single-use drink containers that will be refunded once those items are recycled. We met a punk-rock turtle The Mary River turtle is native to Queensland, Australia.The good news is we discovered an Australian river turtle with a distinctive green punk-rock hairstyle, two spikes under its chin and the ability to breathe through its genitals. The bad news is, it may not be around for long because it's on a new list of endangered reptiles. The Mary River turtle is native to Queensland, Australia. It has the ability to stay underwater for up to three days. Its vibrant green mohawk is the result of algae growing on its head because of the extended time spent submerged. The turtles were often kept as pets in the 1960s and '70s and by the 1990s, they were already at risk of being endangered, according to Rikki Gumbs, a reptile biologist at Zoological Society London. CONTINUE READING: www.cnn.com/2018/04/22/world/earth-day-trnd/index.html?sr=twCNN042218earth-day-trnd1138AMStory
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EARTH DAY
Apr 25, 2018 14:18:11 GMT -6
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Post by jcurio on Apr 25, 2018 14:18:11 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2019 11:57:42 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Apr 22, 2019 13:00:35 GMT -6
irishamerica.com/2017/04/earth-day-and-the-irish-american-who-started-it/ Earth Day, and the Irish American Who Started ItEarth Day founder Denis Hayes stands in front of the headquarters for Hayes's Bullitt Foundation in Seattle, the most energy efficient office building in the world. (Photo: Bullitt Foundation) By Irish America Staff 4-22-2019 On April 22, 1970, millions of people participated in events across the country in the first celebration of Earth Day. According to a New York Times article about the event, more than 2,000 colleges participated, 10,000 K-12 schools, and a couple thousand towns. The wire services tallied the total participation at 20 million across the U.S. Today, Earth Day is the most widely celebrated secular holiday on the planet, with more than 180 nations participating. The first Earth Day was primarily organized by a man named Denis Hayes, whose paternal grandparents emigrated from Ireland and eventually settled in Wisconsin. Two generations later, Wisconsin’s democratic senator, Gaylord Nelson, acted as a mentor to Hayes, and compelled the 25-year-old environmental activist to get to work organizing what would be one of the most successful nation-wide demonstrations in the country to date. “There were no computers, smart phones, email, texts, Twitters, postings, etc., so organizing involved an enormous amount of telephoning, mimeographing things and shoe leather,” Hayes told GreenBiz in 2015. “Organized labor, and in particular Walter Reuther and the UAW, were strong supporters of the first Earth Day.” It would take two decades for Earth Day to go international, and in the interim years, Hayes directed the federal Solar Energy Research Institute under President Jimmy Carter. He also taught engineering at Stanford, was a senior fellow at the WorldWatch Institute, and has been called by Time one of the Heroes of the Planet. Today, he chairs the Bullitt Foundation in Seattle, and oversaw construction of the most energy efficient building in the world, the foundation’s headquarters, which is entirely self-sufficient, powered by solar panels on the roof, and boasts composting toilets. When asked if small local events, particularly those at schools, lead to meaningful action by GreenBiz, Hayes replied with his trademark dry humor: “First, 100,000 or so schools in the U.S. alone engage students on environmental issues on Earth Day. When we unleash 30 million little green guerrillas on their parents – most of whom really want their kids to admire them – it produces a lasting result. “Second, every religion recognizes that humans are flawed and will never be sin-free. Still, sacramental acts help to solidify values. I’m not one of those folks who poor-mouths tree planting or beach clean-ups – they are a physical manifestation of a value system and they cumulatively add up to changed personalities. “In my neighborhood, a great sense of community has been built by a handful of retirees who organize volunteer activities, e.g. eliminating invasive species and planting natives. In the process, people talk about lots of other issues and sometimes recruit new activists. This happens in hundreds of thousands of places each year.” Earth Day has evolved since it’s initial year, and Hayes is still focused on how to continue to grow it. “As we move toward the 50th anniversary in 2020, I think we have a chance to once again to redefine it,” he told National Geographic in 2013. “You come in with a tailwind when you have the 50th anniversary of anything, and in this instance we hope to move it away from a day and into a full month of different kinds of things circling the world, everything from protecting big game on the Serengeti to talking about the impacts of poverty and war on the global environment to what have you. Just keeping this stuff in the public attention long enough in our increasingly attention-deficit-disordered digital world to have people think about it and ask what it means for them.” ♦ irishamerica.com/2017/04/earth-day-and-the-irish-american-who-started-it/
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