One of its official organizers in the United States is a Washington based nonprofit group called Earth Day Network.

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She says that Earth Day is still very much about activism and fighting for the environment on a local level.

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The hard work of this grassroots effort resulted in the first Earth Day on April twenty-second, nineteen seventy.

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On Earth Day, the artist and building designer Maya Lin will launch a Web site about the Earth's endangered plants and animals.

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The exhibit at the Marin Community Foundation will show artwork influenced by the environment and by Earth Day.

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Gaylord Nelson later said that "Earth Day worked because of the immediate response at the grassroots level."

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Susan Bass says that this year's Earth Day will be a busy one in the United States.

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The creation of Earth Day is widely considered the beginning of the modern environmental movement.

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"We are active now in one hundred ninety countries and it's estimated that one billion people participate in Earth Day events around the globe now."

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He recently wrote an article about the meaning of Earth Day in two thousand ten.

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Susan Bass is the vice president of programs and operations at Earth Day Network.

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On April twenty-second, nineteen seventy, environmental activists organized the first ever Earth Day.

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And,they created a new name for their national teach-in event: Earth Day.

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Earth Day Network works on environmental programs around the world.

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In Irving,Texas people can attend an event called "Earth Day...Naturally."

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April twenty-second marks the fortieth anniversary of Earth Day.

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What is your country doing to celebrate Earth Day?

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"That's the wonderful thing about Earth Day is that it really provides a platform, an opportunity for grassroots organizations and community organizations to really focus on what's happening in their neighborhoods and their homes in their communities, in their businesses and to focus on the priority problems and to engage people maybe for the first time in taking environmental action."

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For the past week people gathered on the National Mall in Washington,DC to take part in Earth Day activities.

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In its 40th year, Earth Day is intended to bring awareness about what people can do in their everyday lives to contribute to a cleaner more sustainable planet.

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Earth Day Network President Kathleen Rogers says everyone can contribute.

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The final Earth Day themed event took place Sunday. The Environmental Protection Agency, students and other organizations with ideas for a more sustainable future filled large white tents on the mall.

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On the the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, this warming planet we live on is posing serious new challenges to human civilization: increasingly severe droughts, floods,and storms across the globe, and slowly rising ocean levels.

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