Hi Everyone!

I am sorry that I did not post yesterday but I was very busy with Mama preparing for Earth Day. Sunday night, Dada explained to me and my brother and sisters what Earth Day is and how it started.

Dada said in 1963, former United States of America Senator Gaylord Nelson began to worry about our planet. (A senator is a person that the people of the United States have chosen to help make the laws.) Senator Nelson knew that our world was getting dirty and that many of our plants and animals were dying.

He wondered why more people weren’t trying to solve these problems. He talked to other lawmakers and to the President. They decided that the President would go around the country and tell people about these concerns. He did, but still not enough people were working on the problem.

Then, in 1969, Senator Nelson had another idea. He decided to have a special day to teach everyone about the things that needed changing in our environment. He wrote letters to all of the universities and  colleges and put a special article in Scholastic Magazine ( a magazine for students) to tell them about the special day he had planned. (Most of the schools got this magazine and he knew that kids would help him.)

On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was held. People all over the country made promises to help the environment. Everyone got involved and since then, Earth Day has spread all over the planet. People all over the world know that there are problems we need to work on and this is our special day to look at the planet and see what needs changing. Isn’t it great?

One person had an idea and kept working until everyone began working together to solve it. See what happens when people care about our world?

So today we are all planting flowers and small trees. We are cleaning up the street in front of our house. We are, also, going to start being more careful about wasting water and try not to use so much electricity. We all want to learn how to conserve energy better.

 

 

What are you doing today for Mother Earth?

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