Earth Day Celebrates its 40th Anniversary on April 22, 2010!

(Today we have a guest post from Earth Day Network. Earth Day Network is the organization that came out of the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 and founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Forty years later, their mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. Hope you enjoy the post! – Pat)

earthday1 Forty years ago, on April 22, 1970, more than 20 million people converged in small towns and major cities across the United States to help launch the modern environmental movement. That first Earth Day was part teach-in, part call-to-action and part celebration. At Earth Day Network, our Education program continues a successful history of environmental education initiatives dating back to the first Earth Day in 1970. We are continuing this tradition for the upcoming 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day on Thursday April 22, 2010. We have hundreds of resources to help educate your kids, to go green, and to get involved in Earth Day.

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