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EARTH DAY

EARTH DAY. Events are held worlwide : to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural environement In 2009, April 22nd : designated International Mother E arth Day. GAYLORD NELSON AND DENIS HAYES.

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EARTH DAY

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  1. EARTH DAY

  2. Events are heldworlwide : • to increaseawareness and appreciation of the Earth’snaturalenvironement • In 2009, April 22nd : designated International MotherEarth Day

  3. GAYLORD NELSON AND DENIS HAYES • He witnessed the ravages of the 1969 massive oilspill in Santa Barbara • He called for an environementalteach-in, or Earth Day, to beheld on April 22nd, 1970 • Over 20 million people participatedthatyear Nelson, an environmental and conservationist, activist, took a leadingrole in organizing the celebration, hoping to demonstratepopularpolitical support for an environmental agenda.

  4. RESULTS OF EARTH DAY 1970 It "brought 20 million Americans out into the springsunshine for peacefuldemonstrations in favor of environmentalreform. Nelson statedthatEarth Day "worked" because of the responseat the grassrootslevel

  5. EARTH DAY 2000 Earth Day 2000 combined the ambitious spirit of the first millenniumEarth Day with the international grassrootsactivism of Earth Day 1990. A record : 183 countries werecounted LeonardiDiCapriowas the official host for the event and about 400,000 participants stood in the cold rain, during the course of tehday...

  6. EARTH DAY ECOLOGY FLAG Created by cartoonist Ron Cobb, an published on November 7, 1969. Later flags usedeither the ecologysymbol or the peacesymbol

  7. EARTH DAY ANTHEM Ode to Joy, Ludwig Van beethoven

  8. Earthday in 2012 Earth Day 2012 a HugeSuccess More than one billion people in 192 countries took part in the 42nd Anniversary of Earth Day. FromCairo to Beijing, Melbourne to Rome, Rio to St. Louis, communitieseverywherestoodunited in their effort to Mobilize the Earth

  9. EARTH DAY YEAR AFTER YEAR 1970 2011 2007 2009 2005 2000 2006 2008 2012 2010

  10. HAPPY EARTH DAY

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