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Happy Earth day !
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day events in more than 193 countries are now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network.
On Earth Day 2016, the landmark Paris Agreement was signed by the United States, China, and some 120 other countries. This signing satisfied a key requirement for the entry into force of the historic draft climate protection treaty adopted by consensus of the 195 nations present at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom award in recognition of his work. While this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day
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Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day events in more than 193 countries are now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network.
On Earth Day 2016, the landmark Paris Agreement was signed by the United States, China, and some 120 other countries. This signing satisfied a key requirement for the entry into force of the historic draft climate protection treaty adopted by consensus of the 195 nations present at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom award in recognition of his work. While this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day
@ col mikel COL Mikel J. Burroughs @ ltc frank LTC (Join to see) @ ltc stephen LTC Stephen C. @ ltc stephen LTC Stephen F. @ capt marty Maj Marty Hogan @ smsgt doc SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas @ tsgt joe TSgt Joe C. @ msg andrew MSG Andrew White @ sfc george SFC George Smith @ sgt david SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth @ sp5 robert SP5 Robert Ruck @ sp5 mark SP5 Mark Kuzinski @ po2 robert PO2 Robert M. Alan K. Cynthia Croft
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Thanks for reminding us SGT John " Mac " McConnell about the origins of "Earth Day."
The ancients worshiped the sun and the earth among other things. We have Sunday as a name for a weekday. Thankfully we never adopted Earthday as another weekday name.
The Sun is required for life on earth.
There are those who worship earth as many worship aspects of creation and far too few worship and honor God who created and sustains all.
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The ancients worshiped the sun and the earth among other things. We have Sunday as a name for a weekday. Thankfully we never adopted Earthday as another weekday name.
The Sun is required for life on earth.
There are those who worship earth as many worship aspects of creation and far too few worship and honor God who created and sustains all.
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Capt Tom Brown Capt Seid Waddell CW5 Charlie Poulton SFC William Farrell SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Robert George SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright SP5 Robert Ruck SCPO Morris RamseyCPL Eric Escasio SPC Margaret Higgins
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SP5 Robert Ruck
Earth Day is certainly a good thing. Environmental extremist have carried the climate warming thing to ridiculous extremes and in my opinion money is the root of the problem. Govt. grants have corrupted any impartial studies.
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Liberals needed something to compete with Easter and Passover, so they invented Earth Day. Earth Day allows liberal institutions, such as public schools and the UN, to celebrate the coming of Spring (a celebration probably almost as old as humans) without mentioning religious holidays. In today's terms it's a "Fake Holiday".
I believe in man's obligation to be good stewards of the planet, but completely reject Earth Day.
I believe in man's obligation to be good stewards of the planet, but completely reject Earth Day.
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LTC Stephen C.
SGT John " Mac " McConnell, the good Lt Col Jim Coe has expressed my sentiments exactly. No need for me to find a way to reword what he's already most articulately stated. LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you for the share on Earth day, good morning John and Happy Earth Day.
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