Earth Day 2009
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When Is Earth Day?
Earth Day is celebrated in the US on April 22st. It is a day set aside to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's fragile environment. In the southern hemisphere it is celebrated in the Autum months. Earth day was the idea of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson who was as an environmentalist and he held the first Earth Dy teach-in in 1970.
Earth Day 2009 will mark the beginning of "The Green Generation Campaign" and will serve as the focus of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day in 2010. Earth Day 2008 saw many events attended by millions of people around the world. In New York the third edition of the Green Apple Festival was held at Rumsey Play field in Central Park. 6,000 people took their places at the event which was declared an outstanding success. The Musical talent included Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Bacon Brothers , Vusi Mahlasela and Vienna Teng.
The Obama Effect
Earth Day is a celebration of our better selves as we live on this planet for people around the world. It brings focus to environmental and humanitarian issues on a very large scale. The Earth Day lesson for 2009 is that it may be the very first Earth Day celebration since 1970 where a majority of Americans are actually aware that it's happening. This eco-holiday went underground for several decades and had a low-key relaunch in the late 1990s, but this year, green is "in" and suddenly everywhere and more people are thinking about their own carbon footprint. Credit US President Barrack Obama for now.
Earth Day For Kids
Kids Earth Day events could include a day without animal products. The Huffington Post website said that if every American went vegetarian for just one single day, we would save 3 million acres of land, 33 tons of antibiotics, and 70 million gallons of gas .
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