17 Things you Need to Know About Earth Day
10. Earth day is officially ratified by the international Earth Day Network which supports grassroots in organizing events and reformations.
11. Every year, more than 192 countries world wide celebrate this day with eagerness and gratitude for Mother Earth.
12. According to the first Earth Day 1970 organizer, Denis Hayes, Earth Day is now “the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by more than a billion people every year.”
13. The day holds much significance in that major policy changes are introduced on this day every year in terms of drinking water usage, insecticide use and so on.
14. The first Earth Day celebrations were held in New York City at Central Park with more than a million estimated to have witnessed the occasion. The event was telecast worldwide, thanks to the coverage by biggies in the city like New York Times, Time and Newsweek.
15. 2007 saw one of the biggest Earth Day celebrations till date across a range of cities covering London, New York, Venezuela, Togo and so on.
16. Interestingly, people around the world ring peace bells to celebrate the spring equinox Earth Day. This act can be attributed to the UN Secretary General U Thant who rang the UN peace bell and officially declared it as Earth Day on the equinox.
17. Just as with other days, there’s an Earth Day anthem, along with a host of popular songs that are crooned all across the world on this special day.
