Earth Day was first celebrated the United States in 1970. It was started by Gaylord Nelson, a US Senator from Wisconsin.
Earthday is now celebrated worldwide. According to the Earth Day website (http://www.earthday.net/) over 1 billion people will celebrate on April 22, 2008.
Earth Day FAQs from the Earth Day Network - http://www.earthday.net/about/faq.aspx
History of Earth Day from Envirolink - http://earthday.envirolink.org/history.html
NOAA Earth Day 2005 image from http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/images/earthday2005.jpg. Accessed 3/23/08
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