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Earth Day History and Facts
Earth Day, one of the less celebrated holidays, which is quite a shame as it’s also one of the more important ones. You might be wondering where Earth Day came from, as it certainly doesn’t have nearly as much information abounding around about it as other more popular holidays. John McConnell first came up with Earth Day, a global holiday in 1969 at a environmental conference. This is the same year that he designed the Earth flag. Traditionally, Earth Day, which was created to celebrate the Earth and is an environmentally and peace oriented holiday, held on the spring equinox. The U.N. handles this event which is started by ringing the Japanese peace bell which they donated. There are actually two Earth Days, both of which are supervised by the U.N. The other one is the April 22 Earth Day this is the Earth Day celebrated in the U.S. and it was started in 1970 as a method to teach environmental friendliness to the citizens of the United States. However, it is now celebrated in over 170 countries worldwide. Earth Day is the single largest non religious based holiday in the world.
Decorations using Earth Day party supplies is a great ideas on this kind of celebration.
When celebrating Earth Day you should go with a plant theme, for example trees, flowers and such. Anything nature related is good. Especially wall scrolls depicting outdoor scenes. However, there is one important fact to consider, this is an eco-friendly holiday, so if you must hold a party and use paper plates, or plastic cups, and utensils, make sure to recycle them afterwards. It wouldn’t hurt to obtain recycled or long term usage materials.
Lets get loud to the Earth Day themed celebration with Earth Day Party Games for a enjoyful event. A good idea for planning an Earth Day celebration would be to visit a local park and have a picnic or short of that, anywhere out in the open, that is preferably not in the city. If you live near a conservatory or any other similar place it would also make for a great place to visit.
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