Earth Day
Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth s natural environment.
The name and concept of Earth Day was allegedly pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at
a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco.
The first...
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Earth Day
Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth s natural environment.
The name and concept of Earth Day was allegedly pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at
a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco.
The first Proclamation of Earth Day was by San Francisco, the City
of Saint Francis, patron saint of ecology.
Earth Day was first observed in San Francisco and other cities on
March 21, 1970, the first day of Spring.
This day of nature s equipoise was later sanctioned in a Proclamation
signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations where it is observed each year.
About the same
time a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teachin first held on April 22, 1970.
While this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization
launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and
organized events in 141 nation
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