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Nurture Nature Celebrate Earth Day
by EMILY PETER-COREY
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he first Earth Day was created in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson to force Congress to address the environmental issues Earth was facing. Twenty million Americans participated in the first celebration by taking a stand against environmental ignorance and demanding change for our planet. By December of 1970, Congress authorized a new federal agency, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, aimed to address environmental issues. Over the past 51 years, since
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the first Earth Day, environmental changes include planting hundreds of millions of trees, providing environmental education cleaning up plastic pollution, and much more. Join over one billion participants and take action this Earth Day. There are countless ways to reduce environmental harm in your everyday life. From reducing plastic use and meat consumption to picking up trash on walks and requesting paperless billing, small steps made by everyone can create a huge impact on our planet.
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Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22, but it’s much more than a one-day event; it encourages a mindset that should last year-round. It can be overwhelming to learn about our harm on the environment and change habits, but an easy place to start is with the ethos of reduce, reuse, recycle.
