MAN. 22nd April. Earth. Earth Day flag by John McConnell. We only have one home. Earth Day 2014: Green Cities. Earth Day. Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network,[1] and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.[2] Results of Earth Day 1970 The first Earth Day family had participants and celebrants in two thousand colleges and universities, roughly ten thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities across the United States.
More importantly, it "brought 20 million Americans out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of environmental reform. Earth Day 1970 in New York City In the winter of 1969–1970, a group of students met at Columbia University to hear Denis Hayes talk about his plans for Earth Day. Earth Day 1970 in Philadelphia U.S. U.S.
Earth Day 20 and Earth Day 1990 Earth Day 2000 Subsequent Earth Day events The Earth Day name Earth Day Canada. Earth Day: The History of A Movement. Each year, Earth Day -- April 22 -- marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The height of hippie and flower-child culture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. Protest was the order of the day, but saving the planet was not the cause. War raged in Vietnam, and students nationwide increasingly opposed it. At the time, Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press.
Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. “Environment” was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news. Earth Day 1970 capitalized on the emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and center. Earth Day Network | Earth Day 2014.