1. The Earth Day Network

2. Who is the Earth Day Network?  Founded by an American senator, Gaylord Nelson.  Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970  The Earth Day Network promotes year round environmental awareness.  The Earth Day Network allows activists to connect, interact and impact their communities, and create positive change in local, national, and global policies. http://www.earthday.org/frequently-asked-questions-0

3. What do they do?  The EDN runs environmental campaigns and programs These include:  educational programs for schools  programs for women  conservation projects

4. Where do they do it?  Earth Day is essentially an American day.  The Earth Day Network claims to have 190 countries participating.  However there are only 18 countries that had events planned in 2010  Australia had 8 events in 2010 (http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2010/04/21/2879070.htm)

5. What can I do?  Volunteer.  Go to a festival.  Install solar panels on your roof.  Organize an event in your community.  Change a habit.  Help launch a community garden.  Do something nice for the Earth, have fun, meet new people, and make a difference.  Donate at https://org.salsalabs.com/o/1807/p/salsa/donation/co mmon/public/?donate_page_KEY=7091

6. References  http://www.earthday.org/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day  http://www.abc.net.au/environment/artic les/2010/04/21/2879070.htm

7. The History of Earth Day  Each year, Earth Day -- April 22 -- marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.  At the time, Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity.  Earth Day 1970 capitalised on the emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti- war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and centre.