Happy Birthday Earth Day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

EARTH DAY! APRIL 22, 2020

50

We’d like to send big birthday wishes to Earth Day, which is 50 years old on Wednesday!

Since the Earth is so big and deserves a big celebration, we’re going to celebrate Earth Week!

WE’LL START OFF TODAY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT EARTH DAY.

The celebration of Earth Day started in 197 To show you how long ago that was:

JANUARY 11, 1970

That year hosted the 4th Super Bowl!

This car, made

70.

the Ford Pinto, e its debut!

A stamp cost $0.06!

Earth Day began when 20 million Americans across the country held demonstrations to let the government know that they believed we needed to be kinder to the Earth.

Because of these demonstrations, many things began to change, both in the United States and around the world. In the United States, we created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA does a lot, but, in simple terms, their job is to make sure states and companies follow rules that keep our planet safe and clean.

You might think recycling programs have always been in place, but for a VERY long time, people just threw everything away.

And that garbage was just piled up and piled up. Luckily, thanks to the EPA and other people who want to do the right thing, we realized that we could reuse a lot of these materials.

Now, 66% of our paper is recycled, shoes and clothes can be made from plastic bottles, and discarded plastic fishing nets find new life as skateboards!

There are simple ways you can help celebrate Earth Day:

If you go on a fam

bring a trash bag

you. If you see an

Scoop Turn off a light when you leave the room.

This saves energy!

mily walk, ask if you can

g and work gloves with

ny trash or recyclables -

p them up!

Turn an old t-shirt into a grocery bag –

Ask first! https://dltk-kids.com/crafts/ miscellaneous/m-tshirt-bag-simple.htm

We’re going to bring you some fun activities this week, but we’d love to hear about what you’re doing to celebrate

EARTH DAY!