10 Fun Earth Day Facts To Share With The World
As we all get ready to celebrate Earth Day 2022 in our own way, here are some fun facts that you might enjoy learning about.
Feel free to share them on your social media pages to get people more interested in participating in the festivities.
1. The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970.
2. Senator Gaylord Nelson is the founder of Earth Day.
3. Senator Nelson was inspired after seeing the damages of an oil spill in Santa Barbara.
4. The original idea for Earth Day was a nationwide environmental teach-in on college campuses.
5. 20 million people celebrated the first Earth Day.
6. Earth Day 1970 is believed to be the largest single-day protest in history.
7. Earth Day became an international celebration in 1990.
8. The name “Earth Day” was created by Julien Koenig, who came up with the popular “Think Small” campaign.
9. After the first celebration in 1970, the Clean Air Act would be passed and signed later that year.
10. The theme for Earth Day 2022 is invest in our planet.
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