Earth Day was first conceived by Sen. Gaylord Nelson in the early 1960s. Nelson worried that environmental issues were not being addressed in the political arena. In his conservation efforts, Nelson organized a nationwide grassroots demonstration in the spring of 1970, to further promote conservation involvement and awareness. Support for and interest in the activity was immense and the 1970 demonstration became the first official Earth Day. The first Earth Day helped inspire the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species acts. Each year, April 22 marks the celebration of Earth Day, which is now observed around the world.
Earth Day Networks estimates that 500 million people from 4,500 organizations in 180 countries will participate in Earth Day events during the month of April. Earth Day is big with schools. On many school calendars, it is the third most activity-inspiring holiday, after Christmas and Halloween. Companies have even gotten into Earth Day. Last year, office supply store Staples introduced office paper made entirely without new trees. Did You Know?
In 1995 over 200 of the world landfills were full. Each person throws away approximately four pounds of garbage every day. The garbage in a landfill stays for a for about 30 years. One bus carries as many people as 40 cars! More than 1/3 of all energy is used by people at home Most families throw away about 88 pounds of plastic every year We each use about 12,000 gallons of water every year 1/3 of all water is used to flush the toilet. The 500 million automobiles on earth burn an average of 2 gallons of fuel a day. Each gallon of fuel releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air. Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced in the world each ear ends up in the ocean. The energy we save when we recycle one glass bottle is enough to light a traditional light bulb for four hours For every 2000 pounds of paper (1 ton) recycled, we save 7,000 gallons of water free from chemicals. Recycled paper requires 64% less energy than making paper from virgin wood pulp, and can save many trees Every ton of paper that is recycled saves 17 trees Looking for a paper to create a project for Earth day? Take a peek at Teri Martin's Mother Earth Collection
We at Creative Imaginations learned from "Earth Care 101" and have taken action...
We are now printing all our domestic paper products on FSC {Forest Stewardship Council} certified paper using soy inks.
We have installed energy efficient, motion-sensing lights in our offices and warehouse.
We recycle all our used cardboard packaging material -- an estimated 10 tons annually.
We utilize ARC employees to weekly collect and recycle office paper.
We hope that you will do share in being environmentally friendly. Not just today but everyday.
I didn't knew before about the Earth day before and its amazing to listen about this.
Posted by: Teju | April 23, 2009 at 04:15 AM