Brightside Vet Stories: Our Beautiful Earth By Reginal G. Lyerly

Our Beautiful Earth

Article Contributor Reginal G. Lyerly

Welcome to April!! We celebrate our beautiful earth. Every twenty-second

day of April since 1970, the world has celebrated Earth Day. This day mobilized

millions of people to show care and concern about our precious planet. Within 20

years of the first Earth Day, the large movement morphed into a global

phenomenon.

We look at this internationally celebrated event but let’s look at one of the

major contributors and some of the major advancements resulting directly from

this movement. Former Governor and United States Senator Gaylord Nelson of

Wisconsin is celebrated and credited as the founder of Earth Day. He was

internationally known for his views on the environment. His efforts elevated the

public consciousness when it came to preserving our earth and it is most precious

natural resources. The same industrial revolution responsible for improving the

economic quality of life and standard of living has also had other costs as well.

This movement led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency

(known as the EPA) and its subsequent environmental laws-National

Environmental Education Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Clean

Air Act, the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

Our planet gives us everything you need and we want to keep it strong for

our future generation. Continual awareness will make our world stronger and more

resilient in the years to come.

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