Love Your Planet: The History of Earth Day
Earth Day is a day when people take time out of their lives to appreciate all that we have been offered through nature. It was first recognized On April 22, 1970, by Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. Over twenty million people from every walk of life, set forth on a journey to start an environmental movement to make the earth a better place to live. Because this movement was put forth, other acts fell into place as well.Didn’t catch that? This explains it. These acts were the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. By putting these acts into law, it ensured to help the Earth stay in its nature existence in certain areas. There were twenty two thousand partners in over one hundred ninety two countries that participated in Earth Day in 1970. There were over one billion people who participate in Earth Day this year. Celebrating Earth Day every year helps people to realize how much danger they are putting the earth in when they are using vehicles, burning fuels, polluting the environment and cutting down trees for more buildings to be built. Earth day reminds people that recycling and conserving are very important to the earth.