"Earth Day" is an event celebrated every year on the 22nd of April. The event is held worldwide to celebrate support for protection of the environment and has continuously drawn more and more people in each subsequent year. Earth Day brings attention to a large number of issues in requirement of attention, such as pollution of the ocean, debris left over on land, climate change, conservation of the Earth’s ecosystems, energy conservation, conservation of plants and animals, soil corruption, corrosion, overpopulation, nuclear issues, the depletion of the ozone layer, the depletion of the Earth’s natural resources, the introduction of wastes and toxicants into the wilderness and the seas, nanotechnology, and the deforestation of rain forests.
Earth day was founded by the United States Senator Gaylord Nelson on April 22, 1970, to focus on issues related to the environment.
Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 and is celebrated in a total of 192 countries. This very first Earth Day in 1970 was celebrated primarily by students in colleges and universities in New York City. The end of the day received extensive coverage from all the major news castors and drew a crowd of just over one million people, an impressive feat.
Earth Day remains one of the largest events the world has ever seen and is only to continue to grow in future years to bring world attention to the even more environmental issues that will most certainly arise. It is absolutely critical that we take care of the Earth and its natural resources, and not only is Earth Day a time to celebrate that, but it is also a time to make a difference as well.
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