History
The first Earth Day was celebrated on this date.
What is April 22nd, 1970?
To contaminate with man-made waste
What is to pollute?
This author expressed concerns about pesticide use.
Who is Rachel Carson?
Earth Day is now a __________ phenomenon.
What is global?
The action or process of converting waste into reusable material.
What is recycling?
This book warned of the dangers to all living things from the misuse of chemical pesticides.
What is Silent Spring?
The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded
What is the envirnment?
This Senator invited everyone to get involved in a grassroots protest when he could not convince the government to take environmental concerns seriously.
Who is Senator Nelson?
Everyone is responsible for making great choices for the Earth on a _________ basis.
What is Daily?
The action of using something again.
What is to reuse?
People became outraged after watching animals struggling to survive after this devastating event in Southern California.
What is the Santa Barbara Oil Spill?
No longer existing
What is extinct?
This country hosts the Earth Day festival of Tokyo every year.
What is Japan?
On the first Earth day, millions of Americans participated in rallies to __________ against environmental destruction.
What is to protest?
The prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
What is conservation?
As a result of Earth Day, governments created this agency.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
To keep in a safe or sound state
What is to conserve?
This country created it's own EPA in 1971.
What is Canada?
Raising __________ of environmental problems and inspiring individuals to take action remains the core purpose of Earth Day.
What is awareness?
The process that seeks to educate and to inform people about a topic.
What is to raise awareness?
Approximately this many people organised activities to raise awareness of environmental concerns on the first Earth Day.
What is 20 million?
All of the people born or living at the same time
What is a generation?
This indigenous Canadian is an advocate for clean water.
Who is Autumn Peltier?
The dramatic oil spill received extensive ________ coverage.
What is media?
The process of planting trees.
What is reforestation?