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