Earth day

We have heard about Birthdays, Open-House Day, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Father's Day and so on, but how many of us have heard about 'Earth Day'?

What is Earth Day?

The first 'Earth Day' was celebrated on 22 April 1970 in America. The Americans called on all the people on earth to take care of the earth. They wanted the people to use the forests, rivers, mountains and earth carefully so that the earth will remain useful to our children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and the many generations to come. They felt that the forests, land, seas and wildlife were being exploited without any thought for the future.

Earth Day is a day of celebration. It is celebrated with speeches, contests on earth-consciousness, poster-drawing competitions, composition-writing, song-writing and many other contests to let the people know about earth, its surroundings and its proper usage. Earth Day has helped thousands of people to realise the importance of a properly managed earth.

If we continue to exploit the earth as we are doing now, the day will come when we shall destroy the earth and thus destroy ourselves too.