11 facts about EARTH DAY !

• The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970.
• Earth Day originated in the US but became recognized worldwide by 1990.
• On Earth Day 2009, Disney released a documentary film called Earth that followed the migration paths of four animal families.
• On the very first Earth Day, 20 million people gathered in the streets of America to protest the industrial revolution. An environmental movement was born as a result.
• Every year on April 22, men, women, and children collect garbage, plant trees, clean up coral reefs, show movies, sign petitions, and plan for a better future for our planet.
• Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day while he was working as a US senator.
• Earth Day was renamed officially by the UN in 2009 as International Mother Earth Day.
• Some schools and communities celebrate Earth Day for a whole week to expand the time frame that people focus on the earth and how they can preserve it.
• On Earth Day 2012, more than 100,000 people rode bikes in China to reduce CO2 emissions and save fuel.
• In an Earth Day celebration in 2011, 28 million trees were planted in Afghanistan by the Earth Day Network.
• In Panama, 100 endangered species of orchids were planted and maintained to prevent their extinction in honor of Earth Day. 

Earth Day is a wonderful time to stop and appreciate our global home and the amazing gifts that Mother Nature has given us. When we are rushing from school drop off, running off to do errands, and just maintaining our day-to-day, it’s -sadly- quite easy to forget to take a moment (or two) to take stock, pay tribute or give back to the earth.

Here, is the quote that i love the most :  “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” — Henry David Thoreau

 by : siti aisyah binti yaacob (A1)