{"id":119445,"date":"2016-04-22T08:57:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T06:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/119445\/on-this-day-in-history-the-first-earth-day-event-happened\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T08:57:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T06:57:01","slug":"on-this-day-in-history-the-first-earth-day-event-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/04\/22\/on-this-day-in-history-the-first-earth-day-event-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day in history: the first Earth Day event happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The event was held to increase public awareness of the world\u2019s environmental problems. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches, and educational programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, a staunch environmentalist, came up with the idea to increase ecological awareness. He said: \u201cThe objective was to get a nationwide demonstration of concern for the environment so large that it would shake the political establishment out of its lethargy.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/04\/Corbis-BE021201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104766\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/04\/Corbis-BE021201.jpg\" alt=\"St. Louis Students Marching Against Air Pollution\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He worked hard to force this issue permanently onto the national political agenda.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Earth Day indeed increased environmental awareness in America, and in July of that year the <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.epa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Protection Agency <\/a>was established by special executive order to regulate and enforce national pollution legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Earth Day has been celebrated by billions around the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Earth Day 1970: A Grassroots Moment that Sparked a Movement\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-r2UjMc-DqU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='a89ae5636cd65e55bbd8915785461151'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 22 April 1970, millions of Americans came together to celebrate the first Earth Day and to raise awareness around environmental issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7783,"featured_media":119446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[10758,10759,10760,10761,10762,10763],"class_list":["post-119445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-american","tag-earth-day","tag-mother-earth","tag-mother-nature","tag-senator-gaylord-nelson","tag-the-world"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["American","earth day","Mother Earth","Mother Nature","Senator Gaylord Nelson","the world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}