Learn American Holidays Earth Day
hi everyone I’m Alicia Earth Day is a
worldwide celebration that started in
the United States in 1970 a u.s. senator
named Gaylord Nelson held what is
considered to be the first Earth Day
celebration today it’s international but
particularly important in the United
States it’s all about educating people
about and celebrating the importance of
the natural environment and working to
preserve it the first Earth Day was tied
to a particular environmental disaster
do you know which one it was will show
you the answer at the end of this video
Earth Day is a holiday that is designed
to be educational but it’s a lot of fun
as well when Gaylord Nelson had the
first Earth Day it was based on the idea
of an environmental teachin that first
holiday attracted over 20 million people
today the holiday has expanded
tremendously
it’s estimated that across the 175
nations that celebrate Earth Day 500
million people participate in the event
Earth Week is an offshoot of the
celebration Earth Day celebrations
typically include both events where
people gather in public places engage in
games and other diversions and community
service efforts some of the people who
go out to celebrate Earth Day attend one
of the many parades that are held to
commemorate the day while the first
Earth Day celebrations were considered
to be rather political that has faded
over time and today most people just go
out and have fun and learn something
about the environment in the United
States Earth Day is generally celebrated
in schools and teachers use the occasion
to give lessons on environmental science
biology and other relevant topics
because Earth Day is so rooted in the
idea of educating people about the
environment many of the events are
educational in and of themselves
oftentimes large-scale events are held
in parks and other public places that
emphasize the importance of keeping
green spaces for everybody to use
Earth Day is on April 22nd in part
because for students in college it would
be right between spring break and summer
vacation this makes it easier to reach
out to post-secondary students and now
here’s the answer to the quiz do you
know which environmental disaster is
tied to the first Earth Day an oil spill
in Santa Barbara California in 1969 is
credited for spurring the first Earth
Day the event was designed to be a
grassroots one from the start and
continues on in that tradition today how
was this lesson did you learn something
interesting Earth Day is celebrated
around the world how is it celebrated in
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