Day of the Earth

The day of the Earth ( Earth Day in English) is the name of a celebration corresponding to two events: that is to say the international Day of the Earth of the 20 or March 21st (corresponding to the equinox) or the day of the Earth of the April 22nd day of the saint Alexandre, initiated in 1972 with the the United States.

The symbol of this event is a green Θ (Thêta) on a bottom Blanc.

Origin of the day of the ground

The Day of the Earth marks every year the birthday of the birth, in 1970, of the environmental movement such as one knows it today. The Day of the Earth (April 22nd) was celebrated for the first time on April 22nd, 1970, when the American senator Gaylord Nelson encouraged the students to set up of the projects of sensitizing at the environment in their communities.

Gaylord Nelson, senator of Wisconsin, proposed the first environmental protest of scale on the American territory to shake the political Establishment and to force the insertion of the environmental problems to the national diary. " It was a pari" , he, " remember; but that has fonctionné". Indeed, this first Day of the Earth led to the creation of the Agency of Environmental protection of the United States (EPA) and to the adoption of the law “Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species”. In 1990, under the aegis of the American environmentalist Denis Beam, the Day of the Earth became an planetary event, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and playing a part of lever for the total environmental stakes. The Day of the Earth gave an enormous push to the public awareness campaigns to the re-use and recycling and helped to prepare the ground for the Summit of the Earth of the United Nations in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

In Quebec, it is since 1995 qu ' one celebrates it by organizing all kinds of activities of sensitizing vis-a-vis the environmental stakes. The Day of the Earth makes resound and strong the message high that citizens of all planet wish a fast and decisive action in favor of clean energy. Today, it is more than 500 million people in 184 countries which pass to the action each year within the framework of the Day of the Earth. With the passing of years, the Day of the Earth became the participative event in the most important environment of planet.

Equinoctial day

In February 1971, the secretary of the United Nations, U Thant sign the proclamation of the international day of the Earth. It is traditional to celebrate this day while making resound at the time of the equinox the bell of peace ( ), a bell offered by Japan to the United Nations.

See too

world Day of the environment

External bonds

Earth Day CYBER FESTIVAL - happy earth day
Earth Day Network - earthday.net
Earth Day Network - earthday.net (Fr)
day of the Earth
Day of the Quebec Earth - www.jourdelaterre.org

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