Earth Day
What is Earth day? It is an event in which it gets celebrated every April 22. During this event people cut back on their regular routine for the sake of environmental protection. The first ever Earth day started back in 1970, proposed in San Francisco, Earth day is now being celebrated around the world. An estimated total of 192 different countries are amused to partake in the world holiday. Earth day is an important event because unlike any other festivity earth day helps us become aware for the future. Generally speaking most people like to watch less TV or turn off the ac when the are not home to conserve energy. Some people like to go around and spread the message of earth to their community and take action cleaning up the environment and even replacing old light bulbs for energy efficient ones. some cool facts about earth day is that Gaylord Nelson actually founded Earth Day while he was working as a US senator. Some big changes its caused around the world was on Earth Day 2012, when more than 100,000 people rode bikes in China to reduce CO2 emissions. Finally one other meaningful year for earth day was 2011, when a total of 28 million trees were planted in Afghanistan alone. 
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