2. Environmental History By Mrs. Michelle Hilbert April 2012

3. What is special about April 22? April 22 is EARTH DAY

4. Earth Day was created by US Senator Gaylord Nelson http://www.nelsonearthday.net/nelson/index.htm http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://media.treehugger.com/

5. Why did Senator Nelson create Earth Day? 1969 Oil Spill off the coast Santa Barbara, California http://www.rense.com/general90/barb.htm

6. Wildlife was affected by the spill and people came to help. http://www.rense.com/general90/barb.htm

7. Denis Hayes http://ecosociable.com/452/mr-denis-hayes-earths-hero/ -Environmental Activist -Coordinator for the first Earth Day in 1970 -Founded the Earth Day network and spread it to 180 Nations -Believes in Solar Power -Was the Head of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory -Currently a leader in environmental and energy policy

8. Pete McCloskey http://www.buyingofthepresident.org/index.php/interviews/paul_n_pete_mccloskey_jr/ -U.S. Politician -Lives in California -Co-Chair of the first Earth Day in 1970 -Republican nomination for president in 1972, beat by Nixon -Co-author of 1973 Endangered Species Act

9. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 Deforestation http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/photogalleries/global_warming/photo7.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation http://www.ehow.com/info_8180115_ivory-tusks-used.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon Global Warming Hunting

10. Animals saved by The Endangered Species Act of 1973 http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/bald-eagle/ http://sites.law.lsu.edu/els http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/peregrine-falcon/ http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/wolf/

11. Animals saved by The Endangered Species Act of 1973 http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/gray-whale/ http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/grizzly-bear/ http://seapics.com/gallery/Mammalia/Carnivora/Caniformia-Canoidea/Mustelidae- Mustelids/Lutrinae/sea-otters/southern-sea-otter.html http://true-wildlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/red-wolf.html

12. Others who care about the Earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin Ben Franklin

13. Others who care about the Earth http://mda.mo.gov/gwc.php George Washington Carver

14. We cannot forget the ladies! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Hamilton Alice Hamilton

15. We cannot forget the ladies! http://www.nndb.com/people/843/000031750/ Rachel Carson

16. John Muir http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/yosemite.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir

17. The First Earth Day http://www.magic-city-news.com/Editor_s_Desk_34/Ira_Einhorn_Earth_Day_s_Dirty_Secret_57095709.shtml http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x194049 http://onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2006/04/april_22_1970_t.html

18. Environmental Protection Agency - Created December 2, 1970 -Proposed by President Nixon -Job is to protect human health and the environment -Write laws -Enforce laws -Employs 17,000 people

19. Clean Air Act http://greenheritagenews.com/fines-levied-for-clean-air-violations-reminder-of-need-for-better-environmental- regulation/ http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/15/what-is-the-clean-air-act-and-what-does-it-do/

20. Now back to our question After listening to our THANKS, please click here to watch a short video and THINK about what you will do to make Earth Day EVERYDAY!

21. Helpful Websites  http://www.rense.com/general90/barb.htm http://www.rense.com/general90/barb.htm  http://www.earthday.org/2012 http://www.earthday.org/2012  http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement  http://www.environmentalhistory.org/ http://www.environmentalhistory.org/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_McCloskey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_McCloskey  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Hayes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Hayes  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylord_Nelson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylord_Nelson  http://www.telemetrix.com/pipeline/oil.htm http://www.telemetrix.com/pipeline/oil.htm  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_Species_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_Species_Act  http://www.buzzle.com/articles/extinct-animals-in-the-last- 100-years.html http://www.buzzle.com/articles/extinct-animals-in-the-last- 100-years.html  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation