Earth Day FM - 2024SF Crowd
Event Description
1. When: Monday, April 22nd, 2024 - 6:30 p.m. through 7:00 p.m. at the FM Event Site.
2. The Earth Day FM - 2024SF will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will last until 7:00 p.m.
3. A group photo will be taken at 6:55 p.m. at the FM Event Site.
4. At 7:00 p.m. we will clean up the site and head back to our cars. Be sure to stay with the group on the way back to the car to enjoy the caching stories from the trail!
About Earth Day
Earth Day is celebrated internationally on April 22. It is a day to educate people about the issues affecting the planet and to raise awareness for and celebrate the efforts in place to protect the environment.
As a global observance, it sometimes extends to a week-long celebration, named Earth Week, and the celebrations are coordinated by the Earth Day Network across 193 countries.
How Did People Start Celebrating Earth Day
Senator Gaylord Nelson (former senator and governor in Wisconsin) is said to invent Earth Day in 1970. This is when he deployed students to protest and demonstrate against air and water pollution.
Events like rallies and many others were organized across the whole country. It opened the public eye to environmental issues and political agenda for perhaps the first time in America.
In 1990 there was a large 20th-anniversary international celebration of the first Earth Day with people from over 140 countries taking part in official parades, marches, and activities.
This led Earth day to grow and expand into a global phenomenon.
People continued to celebrate earth day through national events and locally organized activities from 1990 and 2010.
On the 40th anniversary of the original earth day in 2010, nations came together to organize larger events including a magnificent rally in Washington DC.