The Earth Day

The Earth Day

The Earth Day :

The Earth Day is the name of a celebration corresponding to two events: either the International Earth Day on 20 or 21 March (corresponding to the equinox) the Earth Day April 22, which was born in 1970 in the United States.The symbol of this event is a combination of the letters "E" and "O" for Environment and Organism, green on a white background

Origin:

The Earth Day every year marks the anniversary of the birth in 1970 of the environmental movement as we know it today. He was celebrated for the first time on 22 April 1970 when US Senator Gaylord Nelson encouraged students to develop outreach projects to the environment in their communities.Gaylord Nelson, senator from Wisconsin, proposed the first environmental major event in the US to shake the political world and force the inclusion of environmental issues in the national policy framework. "It was a gamble, but it worked," 1 he says. Indeed, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States (EPA) and the adoption of the Law "Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species" . In 1990, under the auspices of the American environmentalist Denis Hayes, Earth Day has become a global event, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and acting as a lever for global environmental issues. The Earth Day gave a huge boost to awareness campaigns for reuse and recycling and the Summit of the United Nations 1992 Earth in Rio de Janeiro.In Quebec, it is celebrated since 1995 by organizing a variety of outreach activities to environmental challenges.

Equinoctial day:

In February 1971, the UN Secretary General U Thant signs the proclamation of the International Earth Day. It is traditional to celebrate this day by sounding at the time of the equinox the bell of peace (Japanese Peace Bell), a bell offered by Japan to the United Nations.ParticipationThe Earth Day 2000 has reached (thanks to the Internet in particular) a record of participation. In 184 countries, it is estimated that the number of participants affected in one way or another was of the order of a few hundred million.In 2006, over 500 million people take action or participate in an event in the Day terre2. Over the years, Earth Day has become the most important environmental participatory event in the world.2012In Montreal, on Earth Day 2012, a combination of environmentalists, artists and organizations have invited Quebecers to a rally where they formed a huge humain3 tree. The number of participants was estimated at 300,000