The origin of Earth Day:
1On April 22nd, 970, in the United States on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, people launched a massive mass environmental protection movement to solve the problem of environmental pollution. On this day, more than 20 million people from 0/000 primary and secondary schools, 2,000 colleges and universities, 2,000 communities and major groups in the United States participated in this activity. People took to the streets, holding rallies, parades and various forms of publicity activities. This grand event has effectively promoted the development of environmental protection in the United States. Since then, American NGOs have proposed to designate April 22nd as "Earth Day", which has also received positive responses from many countries in the world.
Twenty years after the birth of "Earth Day", the organizers decided to designate Earth Day 1990 as the International Earth Day to urge hundreds of millions of people around the world to actively participate in environmental protection. To this end, the organizers of Earth Day wrote to the leaders of China, the United Kingdom and the United Nations Secretary-General, calling for the convening of a high-level environmental conference with the target date of1April 22, 1990, so as to lay the foundation for the conclusion of multilateral treaties, and calling on governments all over the world willing to commit themselves to environmental protection and international cooperation to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Earth Day in their own countries.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of "Earth Day" has received enthusiastic response and active support from countries and various groups on five continents. At that time, US President George W. Bush declared April 22 as the legal Earth Day in the United States, calling on citizens to actively participate in actions to improve the environment. Many countries and regions in Asia, Africa and Latin America also responded positively. Many international organizations have expressed their strong support and active participation in the 20th anniversary of Earth Day.
1On April 22nd, 990, various environmental protection publicity activities were held in more than 0/00 countries around the world, with hundreds of millions of participants. From then on, "Earth Day" became international and became "Earth Day".
Earth Day Articles (1)
The earth is the cradle of life, the mother of all things and the home of mankind. Once, she was so beautiful, spectacular and amiable. However, I don't know when it started, and a haze hung over Mother Earth's face. She started crying and moaning!
Why is Mother Earth so sad?
It turns out that excessive pesticides, a lot of white garbage and batteries discarded at will have polluted the soft soil and made Mother Earth's skin hard and barren.
It turns out that a lot of industrial wastewater and domestic sewage are discharged into rivers and oceans without treatment, which makes the blood of Mother Earth dirty.
It turns out that the garbage piled up at random gives off a rotten smell, more and more cars emit excessive exhaust gas, and the black smoke emitted by higher and higher chimneys goes straight into the sky, making it impossible for Mother Earth to breathe fresh air.
It turns out that fertile land is barren, forests are deforestation, oases are desolate, and Mother Earth's "lungs" are gradually failing.
..... Mother Earth is like a weak patient and needs our love and care too much!
April 22nd is Earth Day. Let us use wisdom to purify the living environment, use conscience to stop the phenomenon of destroying the environment, use courage to adjust living habits, and use enthusiasm to spread the concept of environmental protection. Let's make a promise for mother earth on earth day: pick up the scraps of peel and paper scattered on the ground; Stop the wanton discharge of domestic wastewater into rivers; Wave shovels, plant saplings, and stop the invasion of sandstorms. Let's respond to the call of nearly 1,000 "Li Siguang Squadron" in China, and from today on, save resources, protect the environment and be the little masters of protecting the earth.
Earth Day Articles (2)
I feel very honored to speak under the national flag today! The theme of my speech is "start from the side, who says you can't change the world?"
Do students know that there is an "Earth Day" every year to arouse people's awareness of caring for the earth and protecting their homes? April 22nd this year is the 40th "Earth Day". This "Earth Day" activity originated in America. It was put forward by the Democratic Party of the United States in 1969, and soon received enthusiastic support from all over the United States, so April 22 was also designated as "Earth Day".
In the vast universe, the earth is our only home. Here, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and everything can make our life better. We should love her as much as possible, but on the contrary, many people pursue temporary economic interests at the expense of ecological interests for their own selfish desires.
Jinghong in China was once called an emerald inlaid in the crown of the plant kingdom. But there are many factories with serious pollution on this jade. The smoke emitted by the factory seriously exceeded the standard, which made natural rubber suffer greatly, and 35 thousand rubber trees died. Although the peasants are boiling with anger, they are helpless. Coincidentally, Guangxi also staged a strikingly similar scene. The exhaust gas from the factory not only killed crops in a large area, but also caused many acres of mangoes to blossom and bear no fruit, resulting in a shortage of fruits.
See the whole leopard. The ecological problems in China are worrying, and the world is also facing a huge environmental crisis. Figures released by the United Nations show that in terms of land, the global forest area has decreased sharply in the past 30 years, and half of the land and more than 654.38 billion people have been affected by desertification. In the atmosphere, not only the global carbon dioxide emissions have doubled, but also the global greenhouse effect has intensified. In terms of water resources, 40% people in the world are seriously short of water. If this trend is not contained, nearly half of the people in the world will face water shortage. In terms of biodiversity, the deterioration of the natural environment also seriously threatens the wild species on the earth. Today, 12% of birds and a quarter of mammals in the world are on the verge of extinction, and overfishing has also led to the depletion of one-third of fish resources. Although the world is highly developed today, soil erosion, acid rain spread, lack of fresh water resources, environmental pollution and other problems still seriously plague all countries.
Of course, in the face of the global environmental crisis, all countries in the world have taken measures to actively respond. 1970 "Earth Day" contributed to the convening of the first United Nations Environment Assembly, which strongly promoted the development of world environmental protection. "Earth Day" has also become an activity attracting worldwide attention. The United States has promulgated the Clean Environment Law and the Endangered Animals Protection Law. Since the 1990s, China has held Earth Day on April 22nd every year to promote environmental protection.
On May 22nd, Earth Day, what will you do when the whole world is paying attention to our own environment? I remember a little girl in Holland said to her grandfather, "When I grow up, I will travel far away and live by the sea." Her grandfather said that all these are good, but you should do one more thing to make the world a better place. So when the little girl grew up, she chose to plant beautiful purple-blue flat tofu by the sea, which became a beautiful local scenery. Starting from the side, who says you can't change the world?
I think what we should do should never be just shouting slogans to protect the environment on a certain day in April, but should be action! Let's not stand by and watch. Purify the living environment with wisdom and spread the concept of environmental protection with enthusiasm. We should focus on the overall situation, focus on the side, "don't do small good, don't do small evil", and turn up the air conditioning temperature in summer; Try to choose public transportation; Don't pack things in layers when you buy things, and use less plastic bags; On campus, bending down to pick up scraps of paper, not spitting, turning off the lights ... these seemingly trivial things will have amazing effects with your efforts.
Starting from me, from now on, everyone regards every day as Earth Day, which will make our sky bluer, the ground greener, the air fresher and our campus more beautiful.