WORLD EARTH DAY: Facts & History

(INTERNATIONAL EARTH DAY)

 

Introduction:

World Earth Day is celebrated with the aim of keeping the earth clean. Through World Earth Day 2023, Earth (Earth) can get protection for life-giving priceless wealth, so World Earth Day is celebrated simultaneously all over the world. Earth is a very priceless thing for us because the earth has taken up part of the whole world, all the things located on the earth are priceless for us, which man is using rapidly. Day by day the wealth of the earth is getting depleted, man is harming the earth for his benefit, every day the problem of global warming is increasing due to which the whole world is in danger.

 

When and why is World Earth Day celebrated?

Earth Day is celebrated worldwide on April 22, in which about 192 countries celebrate this day. Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970, after which gradually each country joined it and then the whole world started celebrating this day. The main purpose of celebrating this day is to make people aware to keep pure water, pure air and environment clean.

We also celebrate World Earth Day as International Earth Day, this day is celebrated on 22 April. The main reason for celebrating Earth Day is that man can understand the importance of the earth in his life, how important the earth is for us, he should try to save the earth and keep the earth and the earth's environment clean and can reduce the increasing pollution in the earth. On World Earth Day, a resolution is taken to keep the earth clean and save the earth's environment. This day is celebrated with great fanfare by children in schools and colleges, on this day programmes related to protection of earth & environment are done. On the day of World Earth Day, the importance of trees on the earth is understood, how can we keep our environment clean, on this day it is resolved that we will try our best to make the earth dirt free.

 

History of World Earth Day:

World Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970. American Senator Gaylord Nelson first started Earth Day as an education. An oil spill occurred in Santa Barbara, California in 1969, a year before it was due to begin. Consequently, there was a lot of damage at that time. Seeing this incident, Nelson had made a programme.

 

The program was created to solve the problems disturbing the environment and to make people aware of the Earth's environment and Nelson Mandela celebrated Earth Day for the first time on April 22, 1970. The main reason for celebrating this day was the problem of oil spills, toxic substances, polluting factories, erosion of forests and extinction of living beings at that time. And other issues related to another environment were also brought up. Since 1970, the celebration of Earth Day has started, under which the programmes of this day are increasing every year.

 

Measures to Protect Earth:

Ø Use less and less plastic in your daily life.

Ø Use things that can be recycled.

Ø Don't harm the living beings in the environment, love them.

Ø Every day we should plant one plant around us.

Ø Do not litter the environment around you.

Ø Do not cut trees indiscriminately.

Ø Minimize the use of single use plastic.

Ø Make people around you aware to keep the environment clean.