World Celebration: Earth Day

Earth Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries. Its sponsor, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, established this day to create a common awareness of the problems of pollution, conservation of biodiversity and other environmental concerns to protect the Earth. The first celebration took place on April 22, 1970. Was initiated by Senator Nelson Gaylod activist popular setting for the creation of an environmental agenda

For this call involved two thousand universities, ten thousand primary and secondary schools and hundreds of communities. Peer pressure had its achievements and the United States government created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a series of laws aimed at protecting the environment. In 1972 he held the first international conference on the environment: the Stockholm Conference, whose aim was to raise awareness among world leaders about the magnitude of environmental problems and to institute policies to eradicate them.

The United Nations celebrates Earth Day each year on the vernal equinox (around March 21). On February 26, 1971, the Secretary General U Thant signed a proclamation to that effect. At the time of the equinox sounds Peace Bell at UN HEADQUARTERS in New York - The Earth Day is a holiday that belongs to the people and is not regulated by a single entity or body, nor is related to claims political, national, religious, ideological or racial. - Earth Day aimed at raising awareness of Earth's natural resources and their management, environmental education, and participation as environmentally conscious and responsible citizens.