EARTH DAY 22 APRIL HISTORY OF EARTH DAY? An annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be observed on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later a United States Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea to hold a nationwide environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970. He hired a young activist, Denis Hayes, to be the National Coordinator. Nelson and Hayes renamed the event "Earth Day". PLANT A TREE
EARTH DAY 1990 - 1999 EARTH DAY 1980 EARTH DAY 2000 - 2008 The 1980 Earth Day effort was led by Mike McCabe and Byron Kennard, and the general mood was festive and celebratory. The principal Washington, Two separate groups formed to sponsor Earth Day events in 1990: The Earth Day 20 Foundation, assembled by Edward Furia (Project Director of Earth Week in 1970), and Earth Day 1990, assembled by Denis Hayes (National Coordinator for Earth Day 1970). Senator Gaylord Nelson, the original founder of Earth Day, was honorary chairman for both groups. The two did not combine forces over disagreements about leadership of combined organization and incompatible structures and strategies. Earth Day For 2000, Earth Day had the internet to help link activists around the world. Google’s first Earth Day doodle was in 2001. The theme for Earth Day 2003 was the Water for Life Campaign. This year, Earth Day Network developed a water quality project called “What’s in Your Water?” In the U.S. in 2004, Major tree planting events also took place. The theme for Earth Day 2005 was Healthy Environments for Children. Earth Day 2006 focused on science and faith. In 2007, Live Earth, a global music event, was held across the world. Earth Day 2008 galvanized millions of people around the world in a Call For Climate. ,