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Why April 22 is celebrated as Earth Day?
Why April 22 is celebrated as Earth Day?
Our Earth is the only planet in the
Universe where life is possible till date. It is very necessary to maintain the
natural assets of the earth in order to continue the life on the earth. In the
rush of the crowd, the most intelligent creature of the God called human is
slowly losing its humanity and forgot to take care of the planet that gave it
life and started using its resources very ruthlessly. The 22nd of April has been marked as an Earth
Day to make the human race get aware about the importance of their planet.
A USA senator from Wisconsin, Gaylord
Nelson had founded the day to make the people aware about day to day increasing
rate of the industrialization as well as the careless attitude of the people
living on the earth. The step was taken by him to promote the idea of natural
balance among people as well as encourage them for respecting the assets of the
planet. It is very necessary to take care of the environmental issues to stay
healthy and alive as cruel people have mercilessly utilized its resources and
depleted its life supporting resources over the centuries.
One of the big examples of it is the
depletion of the Ozone layer which prevents us from the ultra violet rays of
the sun. Another big problem of the environment is death of rivers by getting
mixed with the industrial toxic materials which leads to the global warming.
Increasing industrialization on daily basis leads to deforestation which
ultimately leads to the rise in Earth temperature. These are the life ending
dangers on the earth forever which can be lessens through the small steps such
as new trees plantation, inhibiting the deforestation, limiting the vehicles
use to reduce air pollution, enhancing the energy conservation through reducing
the unnecessary use of electricity. Such small steps become a big step if taken
care by the people worldwide together.
Now a day, everything is being packed
in the plastic bags or given in it by the shopkeepers. Plastic bags productions
are increasing day by day which is very shameful condition for us as these
materials are undegradable. The first celebration of the Earth Day was took
place in the US on 22nd of April in 1970 to mark the
environmental movement as a big matter of fact. Students group from the US
College campuses had participated to protest for the environmental
deterioration to increase the public awareness. Another group was protested for
the oil spills, toxic dumps, air and water pollution due to industrialization,
raw sewage, use and production of pesticides and many more. Since then, 22nd of April was continued to be
celebrated as Earth Day officially.
Also Read World Earth Day Information and History
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