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World Earth Day
April 22
Earth Day was first observed in Spring of 1970. An estimated 20 million people nationwide attendedfestivities 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 US 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.
世界地球日活动起源于美国。
1969年，美国民主党参议员盖洛德尼尔森提议，在全国各大学校园内举办环保问题讲演会。当时25岁的哈佛大学法学院学生丹尼斯海斯很快就将尼尔森的提议变成了一个在全美各地展开大规模社区性活动的具体构想，并得到很多青年学生的普遍支持。
1970年4月22日，美国首次举行了声势浩大的“地球日”活动。这是人类有史以来第一次规模宏大的群众性环境保护运动。
作为人类现代环保运动的开端，“地球日”活动推动了多个国家环境法规的建立。1990年4月22日，全世界140多个国家、2亿多人同时在各地举行多种多样的环境保护宣传活动。这项活动得到了联合国的首肯。从此“地球日”成为“世界地球日”。
地球是人类的共同家园，然而，随着科学技术的发展和经济规模的扩大，全球环境状况在过去30年里持续恶化。有资料表明：自1860年有气象仪器观测记录以来，全球年平均温度升高了0.6摄氏度，最暖的13个年份均出现在1983年以后。20世纪8
世界地球日活动旨在唤起人类爱护地球、保护家园的意识，促进资源开发与环境保护的协调发展。中国从20世纪90年代起，每年4月22日都举办世界地球日活动。
