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
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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 teach-in 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 natio
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