earth day
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Earth Day
The Earth Day is celebrated on
two dates
21st March an initiative of the United
Nations.
22nd April an initiative of
Earth Day Network.
Earth Day - 21st March
Address to the peoples of Earth:
UN Secretary General - U Thant,
March 21, 1971
«Let's just be peaceful and
radnostni Days on Earth, our
beautiful spaceship - the Earth,
flying and rotating among the
cool space and its bearing so
fragile load-life.»
The symbol of the Earth Day
Green Greek letter Θ on white field
Flag of the Earth Day Unofficial symbol
Appeals to
people to
keep the
peace and
the life on
the Earth and
to help each
other
The Bell of Peace
The first bell of Peace
It was cast from coins collected by children
from 60 countries. It has an inscription:
«Long live the peace in the world».
There are Bells of Peace in
more than 20 countries
is declared
Earth Day
initiative of the
international
movement
Earth Day Network.
This day aims at
uniting people in
environmental
protection -
Celebration of clean
water, land and air
22nd April
History of the day
In 1872 the minister of
agriculture in USA
proposed to choose a
day of the year for
planting and called it the
Tree day. 22nd April was
chosen – it was the
minister’s birthday. In
1970 it was renamed and
called the Earth Day
History of the day
Ten years later, this
holiday became official
for the U.S. on April 22
(the birthday of Morton).
In 1970, on the initiative
of Nelson “Tree Day”
got a new name: "Earth
Day".
On 22 April there was
an oil leakage in a
small American town.
All citizens and
volunteers from the
whole country
contributed to saving
the nature.
Second version
The famous American scientist -
environmentalist Denis Hayes
turned to the world community
with an appeal by April 22, 1990 to
begin the celebration of "Earth
Day" and every person to
contribute to landscaping and
planning of their home planet and
its natural monuments.
Second version
Today
147 countries
contribute to this
day by organizing
ecological
activities
The Earth Day today
We started organizing
this day in 1990
In Bulgaria
Every year
we try to
contribute
to keeping
the planet
clean
Initiatives
Save a tree – collecting paper
Tourist walk to Veteran hut
To make our planet a good place for living
The greenest classroom
Gifts of the Earth - exhibition
Save a tree
а campaign for collecting paper
A tourist walk
Drawing Competition „To make our planet
a good place for living“
Exhibition
Zoo exhibition
The greenest classroom
contest
„Gifts of the Earth“
exhibition
„What we have done to the Earth“
photo contest
For me the Earth is like this
drawing contest
Let’s keep the earth for tomorrow –
messages on posters
My home the Earth – clean and nice
literary contest
The most beautiful flower for my
school a contest for pottes
Did you know ...
A glass bottle
needs 4000 years
to be decomposed
Recycling a
glass bottle
provides
electricity to
the TV to work
1.5 hours
For 1 ton of paper
we need 24 trees
A plastic
bottle
decomposes
for 400 years
Electricity from
recycled plastic
bottles - 2 powered
computer for 1 hour
How we can help
Do not leave electrical appliances on
Do not use “double” lighting” – use the day light
Go on foot
.
Plant a tree, plant flowers
Take part in cleaning parks
Put the rubbish in separate bins:
paper, glass, plastic, metal
Children can keep
the planet green and
clean