April 22th Earth Day was first observed in Spring of 1970. An estimated 20 million people nationwide attended festivities out of which came the largest grassroots environmental movement in U.S. history, and the impetus for national legislation like the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. By the twentieth anniversary of that event, April 22, 1990, more than 200 million people in 141 countries participated in Earth Day celebrations.

　　Former U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day's co-founder, modeled Earth Day on anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, called "teach-ins," that were common on college campuses. "At a conference in Seattle in September 1969, I announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration on behalf of the environment," says Nelson. "The response was electric. Telegrams, letters, and telephone inquiries poured in from all across the country." As many as 20 million Americans participated in environmental rallies, demonstrations and other activities in the 1970 Earth Day.

　　Since the first Earth Day, however, the environmental movement has increasingly transformed itself from a largely grassroots, citizen crusade to a professionally-organized, established special interest.

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　　In September 1969, at a conference in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstrationon the environment. Senator Nelson first proposed the nationwide environmental protest to thrust the environment onto the national agenda. "It was a gamble," he recalls, "but it worked."

　　Each year, the April 22 Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. At the time, Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. Environment was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news. But Earth Day 1970 turned that all around.

　　On April 22, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment. Denis Hayes, the national coordinator, and his youthful staff organized massive coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife suddenly realized they shared common values.

　　Earth Day 2000 sent the message loud and clear that citizens the world 'round wanted quick and decisive action on clean energy. Earth Day 2007 was one of the largest Earth Days to date, with an estimated billion people participating in the activities in thousands of places like Kiev, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; Tuvalu; Manila, Philippines; Togo; Madrid, Spain; London; and New York.

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　　The earth is our home, the environment is closely related to our life. Humans consume enormous amounts of water resources and environmental pollution, have a beautiful earth destroyed not decent. Water gradually less, plants and animals endangered... All this because human don't pay attention to protecting the environment.

　　People cut down trees everywhere, and now the world average cut 11 million hectares of forest a year, this is such a big number! People with throw garbage, the floating on the river stinking garbage, the dirty plastic bags hung on the branches, the dark skin and confetti were liuxue86 piled on the grass. Have done great damage to environment, river, forest green, blue sky has disappeared, the earth is destroyed gradually, humans also gradually die.

　　Originally, the earth has a clear brook, green forest, the blue sky. Ancient times, how many poets praising the earth beautiful environment! Human is maker of environmental disaster and environmental disaster victims, more should be an environmental disaster prevention. We have to start from oneself, start small, join hands to jointly protect the environment, protect our homeland. For our children leave water, forest, the blue sky.

　　Let's joint efforts in order to better tomorrow!

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　　Now the earth is in bad condition. For example， in some places， the air and water pollution is so serious that it causes many deaths. At the same time，many animals and plants are in danger because of the destruction of their habitats.

　　Luckily， we human beings have realized the problem. On April 22nd， millions of people across the world do something good for the earth. Some clean up beaches and water， some pick up rubbish， others give speeches to call on more people to take action. But can we save the earth only by one day‘s work? The future of our planet depends on our efforts. What we should do is to make every day Earth Day. Only by taking good care of it every day can we hope to live in harmony with nature.

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　　If the environmental movement has a high holiday, Earth Day is it.

　　The annual effort to raise public awareness about the environment and inspire actions to clean it up marks its 41st anniversary on Friday, coinciding with the Christian Good Friday and Judaism's celebration of Passover.

　　In an effort dubbed "A Billion Acts of Green," organizers are encouraging people to observe Earth Day  by pledging online at to do something small but sustainable in their own lives to improve the planet's health -- from switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs to reducing the use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals.

　　"Millions of people doing small, individual acts can add up to real change," said Chad Chitwood, a spokesman for the umbrella group coordinating efforts.

　　There will be hundreds of rallies, workshops and other events around the United States, where Earth Day was born, and hundreds more overseas, where it is now celebrated in 192 countries.

　　In the United States the activities range from the premiere of the new film from the director of "Who Killed the Electric Car?" (it's called "Revenge of the Electric Car") at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York to a discussion about creating a green economy in 12 cities along the Gulf Coast, where this time last y