Discovering the Biggest Earth Day Celebrations: The yellow-gray cloud that extended out over a metropolis far beyond when you could actually see the buildings on the horizon used to tell you when you had arrived at a city when traveling across the United States.
The air might be cleaner today, but that pollution has just been exported to other parts of the world. We are shocked when we see pictures of Delhi, Cairo, or Beijing, among other urban centers, covered in smog.
In the US and other “developed” nations, air quality and water quality have improved considerably since people began to realize how human activity affects the environment.
It is still necessary to do more, which is why Earth Day is celebrated, so that all humanity can breathe freely and drink the essence of life without risking their health.
What are the largest Earth Day celebrations?
Denis Haynes, a young activist who gave the event its name Earth Day, and Wisconsin US Senator Gaylord Nelson came up with the idea for Earth Day with the help of California US Representative Pete McCloskey.
As a result of their efforts, Hayes and his team got 10% of the US population, some 20 million people, out onto the streets for the first event on 22 April 1970.
A billion people in 192 countries are dedicated to finding a sustainable way for humanity to coincide with nature so that all lifeforms can lead a healthy existence. It is considered the largest secular observance on the planet.
Hundreds of thousands of individuals join Earth Day events around the world to make a better future for future generations by cleaning up our planet.
Once again, in 2023, people cleaned up the Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir, which is often called ‘Heaven on Earth’.
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Divers have been cleaning the oceans in Hawaii and Florida for several years now, and thousands of people clean the beaches on land as well.
Over a third of the fishing gear recovered at the Save Deerfield Beach Event, in Florida, in 2019 was lead fishing weights.
Over 100,000 visitors attend a two-day Earth celebration at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo every year to learn about sustainability and environmentalism.
More than 60,000 people participated in ‘The Big One’ march in London last year, organized by Extinction Rebellion UK in partnership with 200 other organizations.
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