Earth Day

The Earth Day is celebrated on

two dates

21st March an initiative of the United

Nations.

22nd April an initiative of

Earth Day Network.

Earth Day - 21st March

Address to the peoples of Earth:

UN Secretary General - U Thant,

March 21, 1971

«Let's just be peaceful and

radnostni Days on Earth, our

beautiful spaceship - the Earth,

flying and rotating among the

cool space and its bearing so

fragile load-life.»

The symbol of the Earth Day

Green Greek letter Θ on white field

Flag of the Earth Day Unofficial symbol

Appeals to

people to

keep the

peace and

the life on

the Earth and

to help each

other

The Bell of Peace

The first bell of Peace

It was cast from coins collected by children

from 60 countries. It has an inscription:

«Long live the peace in the world».

There are Bells of Peace in

more than 20 countries

is declared

Earth Day

initiative of the

international

movement

Earth Day Network.

This day aims at

uniting people in

environmental

protection -

Celebration of clean

water, land and air

22nd April

History of the day

In 1872 the minister of

agriculture in USA

proposed to choose a

day of the year for

planting and called it the

Tree day. 22nd April was

chosen – it was the

minister’s birthday. In

1970 it was renamed and

called the Earth Day

History of the day

Ten years later, this

holiday became official

for the U.S. on April 22

(the birthday of Morton).

In 1970, on the initiative

of Nelson “Tree Day”

got a new name: "Earth

Day".

On 22 April there was

an oil leakage in a

small American town.

All citizens and

volunteers from the

whole country

contributed to saving

the nature.

Second version

The famous American scientist -

environmentalist Denis Hayes

turned to the world community

with an appeal by April 22, 1990 to

begin the celebration of "Earth

Day" and every person to

contribute to landscaping and

planning of their home planet and

its natural monuments.

Second version

Today

147 countries

contribute to this

day by organizing

ecological

activities

The Earth Day today

We started organizing

this day in 1990

In Bulgaria

Every year

we try to

contribute

to keeping

the planet

clean

Initiatives

Save a tree – collecting paper

Tourist walk to Veteran hut

To make our planet a good place for living

The greenest classroom

Gifts of the Earth - exhibition

Save a tree

а campaign for collecting paper

A tourist walk

Drawing Competition „To make our planet

a good place for living“

Exhibition

Zoo exhibition

The greenest classroom

contest

„Gifts of the Earth“

exhibition

„What we have done to the Earth“

photo contest

For me the Earth is like this

drawing contest

Let’s keep the earth for tomorrow –

messages on posters

My home the Earth – clean and nice

literary contest

The most beautiful flower for my

school a contest for pottes

Did you know ...

A glass bottle

needs 4000 years

to be decomposed

Recycling a

glass bottle

provides

electricity to

the TV to work

1.5 hours

For 1 ton of paper

we need 24 trees

A plastic

bottle

decomposes

for 400 years

Electricity from

recycled plastic

bottles - 2 powered

computer for 1 hour

How we can help

Do not leave electrical appliances on

Do not use “double” lighting” – use the day light

Go on foot

.

Plant a tree, plant flowers

Take part in cleaning parks

Put the rubbish in separate bins:

paper, glass, plastic, metal

Children can keep

the planet green and

clean