Tuesday, April 21, 2009

EARTH Day

Earth Day is celebrated today, this is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the earth's environment. Earth day is celebrated annually and founded by US Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970. Earth day is a Global effort to raise awareness of environmental issues.Earth Day worked because of the spontaneous response at the grassroots level. That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day. It organized itself.

One of Earth day's concern is about population. "The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become". Rising concern about population also rising of environment problem.That is why there is what they called a Earth Day Network. Earth Day Network is a driving force steering environmental awareness around the world. Earth Day Network's international network reaches over 17,000 organizations in 174 countries, while the domestic program engages 5,000 groups and over 25,000 educators coordinating millions of community development and environmental protection activities yearly.

On this Earth Day, let us enjoy our Earth and remember the three (3) Rs... RECYCLING, REUSING and REPURPOSING. It's a great way to preserve our mother Earth that we all love.