Earth Day 2014 Current Events Charity Ray. 10 Facts about Earth Day us/2014/04/10-facts-about-earth-day

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Earth Day 2014 Current Events Charity Ray

10 Facts about Earth Day us/2014/04/10-facts-about-earth-day us/2014/04/10-facts-about-earth-day  The First celebration of earth day took place on April 22 nd  This years is the 44 th anniversary of earth day.  Earth day was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson.  Nelson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in  The first Earth day got a lot of attention from more than 20 million people.  Replace with a related picture

Environmental group slams EPA's jet-fueled 'Earth Day'- themed tour ental-group-slams-epa-jet-fueled-earth-day-themed- tour ental-group-slams-epa-jet-fueled-earth-day-themed- tour  A national nonprofit group is mad about the recent endeavors of the environmental protection agency.  The greenhouse gases generated By EPA far exceed any concrete action.  The country seems to have ignored EPAs speech about needing to conserve.  On Monday the tour started  The tour will end on Friday in tennesse.  Replace with a related picture

10 Planetary Facts For Earth Day h_day_2014_a_few_fun_facts_about_our_planet.html h_day_2014_a_few_fun_facts_about_our_planet.html  Today is earth day a world wide celebration about our earth.  Our planet moves about 940 million from the sun.  The surface of earth is 510 million square kilometers  The earth is the biggest terrestrial.  Venus is the closest planet in size to earth  Replace with a related picture

Celebrating Earth Day: Science And Technology Must Join The Party elebrating-earth-day-science-and-technology-should- be-at-the-party elebrating-earth-day-science-and-technology-should- be-at-the-party  Make a list about all the environmental problems we could solve with bill gates money.  Changed how she lived because of a book called “ silent spring “  Because of her it restrictions were put on pesticides.  A dude wrote a book about how she was lying & it ended all her arguments  She was shut up & hasn’t said a thing since  Replace with a related picture

Make Everyday Earth Day eng.com/marketwired/2014/04/7/make-every-day- earth-day.html eng.com/marketwired/2014/04/7/make-every-day- earth-day.html  Ways to be a better grocer:  Know your grocer.  Understand Your Brands  Choose to reuse  Supports grocers that reduce waste  Bag it up.  Replace with a related picture

Voices: On Earth Day 2014, a climate change challenge 21/earth-day-environment/ /earth-day-environment/  Congress created EPA before the first earth day  "The real problem of pollution of our environment is being distorted and exaggerated by emotional declarations and by intensive propaganda.“ is a quote from the Daughters of the revolution  As a nation we have taken a drastic step towards fixing our environment.  The coming challenge is what to do about the climate  A Gallup poll found out that only a third care about the enviroment  Replace with a related picture

Earth Day 2014: Affluence. Effluence. Influence. day-2014-affluence-_b_ html day-2014-affluence-_b_ html  Technology has advanced  This would have been put into a newspaper not on a screen  A lot of people would have trashed this article only having read a little of it  It would still be sitting in a landfill today  One of our six values are Sustainability  Replace with a related picture

Earth Day 2014: History, Origin and Significance; 10 Inspiring Quotes That Will Touch Your Heart th-day-2014-history-origin-significance-quotes.htm th-day-2014-history-origin-significance-quotes.htm  Also know as international mother earth day.  During this day people around the world engage in various activities to worship her.  Was first celebrated in 1970  Is celebrated in more than 192 countries each year  Is now coordinated by Earth Day network  Replace with a related picture

Legoland Florida: Renewable energy initiatives get Earth Day boost me-park-rangers-blog/os-legoland-florida-earth-day ,0, post me-park-rangers-blog/os-legoland-florida-earth-day ,0, post  LEGOLAND Florida will mark Earth Day by running the entire theme park using renewable energy for the day.  That will be a first for a U.S. theme park  The event will include installations to teach guests about solar energy  permanently power the park's Imagination Zone on renewable energy.  A 30-kilowatt solar panel array has been mounted atop the venue.  Replace with a related picture

Apple Retail Store Logos Gain Green Leaves in Honor of Earth Day day-retail-stores day-retail-stores  In celebration of Earth Day, Apple has started updating the logos of some of its retail stores with green leaf accents,  For example, Apple's massive Nanjing East retail store in Shanghai has been updated with the green Earth Day logo, in China.  encouraging employees to wear special green shirts  Replace with a related picture