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 Earth
Day: the anniversary of the forgotten one
Earth day is celebrated
on April 22th . Earth day started slowly in the
year 1970 when it was created by the
environmentalist movement. On the first official
earth day on april 22th 1970, the US senator
Gaylord Nelson was one of the first to encourage
students to create projects that would have the
effect of waking-up the publicís conscience
to the serious problems earth is now
encountering.
Earth day celebration
has been slowly gaining momentum but we can
seriously ask ourselves if the damages done to
earth by pollution are not acting faster than our
reactions. Today, Earth Day is celebrated in over
184 countries by 500 millions worldwide. Throughout
the years, earth day has become one of the most
important environmental celebration of the year.
What can a person do to
celebrate earth day in a significant way? There are
so many ways to start making a difference by
slowing down pollution and waste of earthís
resources. The first way is to really become aware
of the menace that is hanging above earthís
natural resources. Earthís water, vegetation
and animals and air is being polluted and wasted at
an accelerated rate. Everyone should get the proper
information on pollution, toxic gas emissions,
endangered animal and plant species, etc, etc by
reading the proper books and visiting web sites
dedicated to earthís
preservation.
Earth day can also be
celebrated by taking a moment to analyse and review
the daily habits we have that can cause damage to
nature. Taking small actions like walking or taking
a bike instead of using the car for small distances
are definitely a step in the right direction.
Furthermore, oneís health will greatly
benefit from being more active physically.
 Earth
day is also the ideal occasion to reconsider our
wasting habits. Such small measures as not letting
the water run uselessly or cleaning the dishes or
doing the laundry only when the load is full are
all measures that will make a difference in the
long run. A very important step is protecting the
earthís resources is to limit our
consumption of energy sources. It is a complete
non-sense to see high-class stores that are running
their air-conditioning systems at full capacities
while their front doors are widely opened. Although
this tactic is to attract more customers, it should
be discouraged by clients bringing their business
somewhere else.
As a family doctor, I
receive loads of unsolicited mail and advertisement
weekly. I have asked my secretary to contact all
these magazines and unsolicited mail senders to
stop sending me such material that I do not read
anyway. The process has proved very long and
tedious but it finally paid off and I am now very
proud to say we have at least saved one forest by
just taking this simple action.
Earth day can be
celebrated by many more actions such as planting a
tree, giving a contribution to a environmental
organism, checking to make sure your government in
place is taking solid action to control pollution,
etc
Another very important
step in earth day celebration is to visit web sites
dedicated to saving the earth and participating in
their content.
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