Did you realize that Earth Day has been marked for more than 50 years? And the first earth Day in 1970 led to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency? Earth Day 1970 is considered the major milestone in the "dawn of the modern environmental movement."
The Earth Day website says that 1990 market the globalization of Earth Day with 200 million people in 141 countries participating. And Year 2000 Earth day saw 5,000 environmental groups worldwide along with hundreds of millions of people in 1854 countries participating. Compare that to 2010 when l billion people and 20,000 partners were involved. The Paris Agreement was signed in 2016 on Earth Day. It seems too bad that the 50th Anniversary was in 2020 during COVID, as so many of us were in isolation.
The U.S. leaders of this movement were Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes. Denis Hayes is still with us as an environment activist and solar power advocate. He was the brains behind the promotional activities that made Earth Day so prominent. 'He was chairman of the Earth Day 1990 and 2000 anniversaries.
The Grimsby Garden Club did an Earth Day tree sale of native trees in 2022. It was extremely successful. It did take a lot of work - I took care of the promotion and the spreadsheet of all the orders - More detailed work than I had experience for but it was worth it so see so many native trees go to happy homes.
And today? I'll be at the outdoor school in Grimsby - the Greenbelt Academy - with the children learning all kinds of gardening things.
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