United States History!!!!!
Earth Day
Earth Day, as it was observed on
April 22, 1970. It was originally
conceived of as a college compus
"teach-in" comparable to the May
antiwar teach-ins of the late 1960s.
It gave a new consiousness, leading
human enery toward environment
problems. The idea was first suggested
by Senator Gaylord Nelson. In 1970, Congress passed and President Nixon signed the National Environment Protection Act, chich created a new agency-the Environment Protection.
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a sustainable, healthy environment. Thousands of students got together and against deterioration of the environment.. They were fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife suddenly realized they shared common values.
Earth Day is the first idea about protecting our environment. Before this, most protest is just about human rights or economy. It is a creative idea. People see the problem and try to solve it together. We still have Earth Day today. On every Aprill 22, we all have a new topic for us to work for it. Because of this, we pay a lot of attention in environment, and we actually did a lot things to protect environment. Everyone did something in our daily life. Because of this, everyone can own a stronger body and be healthier.
Work Cite:
Text Book
http://www.earthday.org/about/the-history-of-earth-day/?gclid=CP-2qe7KscwCFUYehgodWn4P1A
Tompkins, Vincent, Judith Baughman, Victor Bondi, Richard Layman, Eric L. Bargeron, James F. Tidd, and Tandy McConnell. American Decades. Print.
