Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson on April 22, 1970 to create awareness of the natural earth environment. The first earth day was celebrated in United States on April 22, 1970 organized by Denis Hayes. Earth day now is being conducted in more than 175 countries to focus on the importance of the earth’s natural environment and several issues relating to its protection. In 2009 it is designated April 22 as International “Mother Earth Day”.
Earth’s environment is being damaged by several ways like oil spills, polluting by factory spills, devastating the forests belts, power and nuclear plants, sewage wastes, toxic wastes, several pesticides, loss of wilderness and pollution of the air etc. On the first earth day many scientists and scholars attended and raised their concern on all these facts. They also resolved to make the Earth day as an action oriented plans and provoke policy changes to protect the Earth’s natural environment.
Earth’s atmosphere: Earth is a wonderful planet for existence of human and animal life dominated by the presence of Oxygen and Nitrogen for the living beings to sustain their life. Besides earth has lot of resources of water required for life sustenance which is not available on any other planet in the universe. We have lot of plants, animal life and several other natural resources to enjoy the life on earth. We are our self destroying this earth’s nature by releasing toxic gases, waste materials, deforestation, polluting air, water and land with several types of pollutants. In addition severe deforestation is leading to loss of wild life, soil erosion and reduction of rain precipitation. Population growth is another serious problem for reduction of several natural resources on earth planet. We are responsible for causing this serious damage to the mother earth and ultimately face the consequences for this. We have to realize this and take suitable measures to save the earth’s environment.
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