Events are held worlwide : to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural environement In 2009, April 22nd : designated International Mother.

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Events are held worlwide : to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth’s natural environement In 2009, April 22nd : designated International Mother Earth Day

GAYLORD NELSON AND DENIS HAYES He witnessed the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara He called for an environemental teach-in, or Earth Day, to be held on April 22 nd, 1970 Over 20 million people participated that year Nelson, an environmental and conservationist, activist, took a leading role in organizing the celebration, hoping to demonstrate popular political support for an environmental agenda.

RESULTS OF EARTH DAY 1970 It "brought 20 million Americans out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of environmental reform. Nelson stated that Earth Day "worked" because of the response at the grassroots level

Earth Day 2000 combined the ambitious spirit of the first millennium Earth Day with the international grassroots activism of Earth Day A record : 183 countries were counted Leonardi DiCaprio was the official host for the event and about 400,000 participants stood in the cold rain, during the course of teh day... EARTH DAY 2000

EARTH DAY ECOLOGY FLAG Created by cartoonist Ron Cobb, an published on November 7, Later flags used either the ecology symbol or the peace symbol

EARTH DAY ANTHEM Ode to Joy, Ludwig Van beethoven

Earth day in 2012

EARTH DAY YEAR AFTER YEAR

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