How World Earth Day is celebrated
People from all over the world
celebrate earth day with great enthusiasm and interest on each 22nd of April since 1970 to save the
natural assets of their earth. More than 20 million Americans took part in the
event celebration and make the streets, parks and auditoriums busy in order to
display their themes role based on the public health, environmental issues,
industrialization, deforestation and so many. Students from thousands of
colleges, universities and other educational institutions actively take part in
the protest against increasing earth issues such as the day to day environment
deterioration, air and water pollution, ozone layer deterioration,
industrialization, deforestation and etc to prevent the oil spills, set up of
polluting factories, power plants, use and production of pesticides and etc.
Various steps have been taken by the
governments of many countries towards the safety of earth by implementing the
variety of legal rules. A group of environmental leaders organize various
events and campaigns to celebrate the earth day. A big crowd of the people gets
together from 141 countries to solve the environmental issues by implementing
variety of useful measures. People take part in demonstrating the theme of
clean environment in order to build a clean and healthy world to welcome new
generations. The aim of celebrating the world earth day is to inspire the
public for making better earth environment.
At this day people perform outdoor
activities related to the earth safety like new trees plantation planting
trees, picking up roadside waste materials, recycling of wastes, energy
conservation and so many. Some people request governments to take immediate
action to prevent the day by day increasing global warming and other
environmental destructions. At this day all the TV channels to show their
programs to deal with the real environmental issues to get public aware.
It has not been declared as the
public holiday officially by the government. All the schools, colleges,
universities and educational institutions are open at this day. April 22 Earth
Day, founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson, was first organized in 1970 to promote
ecology and respect for life on the planet as well as to encourage awareness of
the growing problems of air, water and soil pollution.
People who participate in the event
celebration, make an earth planet using green and blue colors to indicate the
life of animals, plants and symbolize their natural recycling including the
green house effect and global warming. At some places in the United States,
people celebrate earth day by taking part in a parade getting dressed up in
flowers, plants or bugs clothes to make aware that whole environment is our
real home. There are many ways to celebrate the earth day:
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New
trees plantation at required places.
·
Do
some outdoor activities with your family such as making the home for a bird on
the tree and discuss their role in the ecosystem.
·
Motivate
people to reduce the use of plastic bags to avoid the soil and water pollution.
·
Teach
your children about the recycling and reuse of the old materials.
·
Take
part in picking up the wastes from streets, parks and other places.
·
Take
part in the amusement activities like singing a song related to the Earth safety
to attract more people to the event celebration.
·
Take
part in the educational sessions like seminars, discussions and other
competitive activities related to the safety of natural resources of the earth.
·
Motivate
people by wearing green, brown or blue clothes for displaying the environmental
colors.
·
Promote
people for energy conservation by various practical means.
·
Teach
people that every day of their life is earth day, so they should take care of
the earth on daily basis.
Why Trees?
·
Trees
help combat climate change.
They absorb excess and harmful CO2 from our atmosphere. In fact, in a single year, an acre of mature trees absorbs the same amount of CO2 produced by driving the average car 26,000 miles.
They absorb excess and harmful CO2 from our atmosphere. In fact, in a single year, an acre of mature trees absorbs the same amount of CO2 produced by driving the average car 26,000 miles.
·
Trees
help us breathe clean air.
Trees absorb odors and pollutant gases (nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulfur dioxide and ozone) and filter particulates out of the air by trapping them on their leaves and bark.
Trees help communities achieve long-term economic and environmental
sustainability and provide food, energy and incomeTrees absorb odors and pollutant gases (nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulfur dioxide and ozone) and filter particulates out of the air by trapping them on their leaves and bark.
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