the purpose of the first earth day event on april 22 1970 was an environmental teach - in.
the purpose of the first earth day event on april 22 1970 was an environmental teach - in.
what was the purpose of the first earth day event on april 22 1970?
an environmental teach - in
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the first earth day celebrations took place in two thousand colleges and universities, roughly ten thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities across the united states. more importantly, it "brought 20 million americans out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of environmental reform." it now is observed in 192 countries, and coordinated by the nonprofit earth day network, chaired by the first earth day 1970 organizer denis hayes, according to whom earth day is now "the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a billion people every year." walt kelly created an anti-pollution poster featuring his comic strip character pogo with the quotation "we have met the enemy and he is us" to promote the 1970 earth day. environmental groups have sought to make earth day into a day of action to change human behavior and provoke policy changes.
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