Earth Day is a day early each year on which events are held worldwide to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth's natural environment. Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network,and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 International Mother Earth Day. Earth Day is planned for April 22 in all years at least through 2015.
The name and concept of Earth Day was allegedly pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. Earth Day was first observed on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a Proclamation signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations where it is observed each year. About the same time a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. While this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues.
Earth Day
- Earth Day Network – Coordinating worldwide events for Earth Day.
- Earth Day Quotes
- Earth Day Event Calendar at the EnviroLink Network
- Celebrate Earth Day How to Celebrate Earth Day from WikiHow
- Earth Day 2009 Special Coverage on China Development Gateway.
- United States Earth Day – The U.S. government's Earth Day site.
- Earth Day Canada – The Canadian Official Site for Earth Day
- Earth Day at The Nature Conservancy
- Earth Day at The History Channel
- How the First Earth Day Came About by Senator Gaylord Nelson
- EPA Journal: Earth Day – an entire journal dedicated to Earth Day, written in early 1990
- Keep America Beautiful holds Earth Day cleanup activities in communities nationwide. The organization launched the famous Crying Indian campaign on Earth Day, 1971.
- "Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise," by Gaylord Nelson, with Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak, The University of Wisconsin Press, 2002
- Earth Week 1970 | The First Earth Day and the Earth Week Committee of Philadelphia – The history of the First Earth Day in 1970, the founding of Earth Week, and the historic events of the first Earth Week in Philadelphia
- Gaylord Nelson and Earth Day: The Making of the Modern Environmental Movement narrative account of the origins of Earth Day, Nelson's political career, as well as online access to documents from the Wisconsin Historical Society's Nelson Papers collection
- Gaylord Nelson letter outlines the origins Earth Day April 1971 to CBS President Stanton to correct TV news reporting about Earth Day's origins
- Earth Society Foundation – Official organization arranging annual equinox Earth Day celebration at the United Nations
- Who Started Earth Day – The Origins of the equinox Earth Day.
- Billion Acts of Green (Beta) – Official Earth Day Network's "Billion Acts of Green" website for students and young adults
- A Billion Acts of Green (®) - A "people-powered campaign to generate a billion acts of environmental service and advocacy before Rio +20" (as well as a registered trademark).
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