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

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This image of the afterlife is founded on the orthodox figure for eternity. The body stays to the earth while the soul, like the day-star, rises to the sky.

关于来生的这幅画面是建立在正统基督教,对永生的信仰上的，肉体归于泥土,灵魂却会像启明星一样升上天空。

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Borman and Lovell continued to circle the Earth, day after day, as workers hurried to meet the new launch date.

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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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"And half of the people on planet Earth every day use wood or biomass for cooking.

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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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They include "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

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Earth Day Network works on environmental programs around the world.

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And you get presents for eight days because -- I mean seven days, because God made the, created the earth in seven days and on the seventh day he rested."

VOA: special.2009.12.21

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

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And even though historically there's no indication that Jesus Christ was born in December, that's just the day that has traditionally been used to celebrate the birth of the Son of God on Earth.

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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."

VOA: special.2010.04.21

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

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

Astronauts began their first full day in space by inspecting the heat shield to ensure the shuttle is safe to return to Earth in two weeks.

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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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