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50th Earth Day 1970-2020

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50th Earth Day 1970-2020


22 April 2020 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day, which was organized in the United States on 22 April 1970, helping to launch the environmental movement. It was initiated by Senator Gaylord Nelson after he saw the environmental damage from the Santa Barbara oil spill on the California coast the year before, and was organized by a group of young activists in Washington, DC. Twenty million Americans took part.

The Environment and Human Values

Year
1972
Event
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, June 1972

STATEMENTS OF THE BAHÁ'Í INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN VALUES:
A BAHÁ'Í VIEW

Bahá'í International Community
June 1972
[Prepared originally for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm]