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Earth Day, April 27 How Earth Day got started How Kids Can Help How Kids Can Help 3 R’s Recycling Plastics Plastics Natures Recycles (Intro) Natures Recycles (cycle) Natures Recycles (workers) Natures Recycles (clean up) Natures Recycles (join us) Coloring Pages Recyclables Seen-N-Find Word Search Activities at Balboa Park on April 27, 2003 * http://www.miramar.sdccd.cc.ca.us/faculty/fgarces/ScienceClub/4_Kids/ Name:_____________________ /holiday/earthday/ The History of Earth Day - Kim Moon Earth Day got started in 1963 when Senator Gaylord Nelson began to worry about our planet. (A senator is a person that the people of the United States have chosen to help make the laws.) Senator Nelson knew that our world was getting dirty and that many of our plants and animals were dying. He wondered why more people werent trying to solve these problems. He talked to the President and they decided that the President would go around the country and tell people about these concerns. He did, but not enough people were working on the problem. Then, in 1969, Senator Nelson had another idea. He decided to have a special day to teach everyone about the things that needed changing in our environment. He wrote letters to all of the schools and put special articles in Magazines to tell them about the special day he had planned. (Most of the schools got this magazine and he knew that kids would be very helpful.) On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was held. People all over the country made promises to help the earth. Everyone got involved and since then, Earth Day has spread all over the planet. People all over /holiday/earthday/history.html the world know that there are problems we need to work on and this is our special day to look at the planet and see what needs changing. Isnt it great? One person had an idea and kept working until everyone began working together to solve it. See what happens when people care about our world? What sort of world do you want to grow up in?