Today the Earth Day Movement celebrates its 40th Anniversary. In fact the first Earth Day took place on 22nd of April back in the year 1970. That day US senator Gaylord Nelson managed to mobilize 20 million of Americans for a giant demonstration in favor of our environment.
Since then, the Earth Day became an year by year institution which takes place each year on April 22 in virtually every country on Earth, and also gave birth to the Earth Day Network, which was founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. The movement has the mission to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. Today Earth Day Network has a global reach with more than 20,000 partners and organizations in 190 countries. More than 1 billion people participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest secular civic event in the world.
For further informations visit www.earthday.org. GET INVOLVED!
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