earth day 2007
earth day 2007, yesterday, April 22nd..
Earth Day is a name used for two different observances, both held annually during spring in the northern hemisphere. These are intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. The United Nations celebrates Earth Day each year on the vernal (March) equinox; while a global observance in many countries is held each year on April 22.
John McConnell first introduced the idea of a global holiday called “Earth Day” at a UNESCO Conference on the Environment in 1969, the same year that he designed the Earth flag. The first Earth Day proclamation was issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto on March 21, 1970. UN Secretary-General U Thant supported McConnell’s global initiative to celebrate this annual event, and on February 26, 1971, he signed a proclamation to that effect, saying:
May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life.
The 1960s had been a very dynamic period for ecology in the US, in both theory and practice. It was in the mid-1960s that Congress passed the sweeping Wilderness Act, and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas asked, “Who speaks for the trees?” Pre-1960 grassroots activism against DDT in Nassau County, NY, had inspired Rachel Carson to write her shocking bestseller Silent Spring (1962).
Responding to widespread environmental degradation, Gaylord Nelson, a United States Senator from Wisconsin, called for an environmental teach-in, or Earth Day, to be held on April 22, 1970. Over 20 million people participated that year, and Earth Day is now observed each year on April 22 by more than 500 million people and national governments in 175 countries. Senator Nelson, an environmental activist, took a leading role in organizing the celebration, hoping to demonstrate popular political support for an environmental agenda. He modeled it on the highly effective Vietnam War protests of the time. The concept of Earth Day was first proposed in a memo to JFK written by Fred Dutton.
hmmm… Let’s count from the very little thing, what would we do to save the world?
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earth day
apa yang bisa kita lakukan buat bumi kita ini yang seperti nenek-nenek yang semakin tua renta dan bongkok ini? setidaknya kita bisa membuat nenek ini tetap sehat walopun sudah tua dan bongkok, dengan :
1. buang sampah dikantor pd tempatnya walopun kertas kecil
2. buang puntung rokok matiin dulu
3. rumah kaca dikurangi
4. bersiin tempat tidur kalo bangun pagi
5. buat cowo kalo kencing kelubang toiletnya
6. tanem taneman di rumah, pake pot juga bisa
7. kentut jgn asal `dutt`
8. kasih senyum
9. Seret Koruptor
10. Gantung para Ilegal Logging
ingat 3M, Mulai dari diri sendiri, Mulai dari yang Kecil, Mulai dari sekarang (Aa Gym)
Selamat Ulang tahun Neneku. Semoga Sehat Wal afiat dan Panjang Umur.