Earth Day Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues‚ Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week‚ a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. The brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the antiwar protests of the late 1960s‚ Earth Day was originally aimed at creating a mass environmental movement. It began as a "national teach-in on the environment" and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of
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Terrible Day As a freshman in high school‚ I was sent to live with my grandparents because of a stupid choice I made. I will never forget the day I had to pack all of my stuff and move to my grandparent’s house. I regret the choice I made but‚ I don’t regret admitting to it. The detective came to my school and pulled me into the SRO’s office. He sat me down and read me my rights. I was nervous as all get out. He told me I had the right to have my lawyer or my mom come in and listen if I would like
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Mother’s Day In India | | Mother’s Day Celebration in India are slowly catching! The concept of celebrating Mothers Day on the second Sunday of May is very new in India and it can be said that in a time span of less than a decade‚ Mothers Day has been a great success. Remembering this‚ our BHS club arranged a cultural programme on12th May this year on Sunday in our club premises. The reason behind the success of Mothers Day in India can be attributed to the emotions which are attached to
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National Science Day Related Links Introduction History Time to celebrate Introduction: Rashtriya Vigyan Evam Prodoyogiki Sanchar Parishad (RVPSP) (National Council for Science & Technology Communication) of the Ministry of Science and Technology celebrates National Science day (NSD) to popularise the benefits of scientific knowledge and pratical appropriation. Various activities are organized on the day like debates‚ quiz competitions‚ exhibitions‚ lectures‚ etc.‚ in which college students
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Ranching Crafts Day event was held at Museum of South Texas History February 23‚ 2013. I’ve gone to this Museum once during elementary and this is the second time I’ve gone. The event consisted of craft demonstrations and sales‚ which were held indoor and outdoor‚ there were children activities‚ traditional Mexican food‚ face painting‚ and a Rio Grande Legacy Exhibit. Through this event I learned three things: how to make cornhusk doll‚ Butter‚ and more information on tamales. Learning how to make cornhusk
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Thanksgiving Day The holiday of Thanksgiving is a tradition started by the Pilgrims and Indians. Together they shared the fruits of the newly settled America. Thanksgiving Day is a communal celebration marked as a sense of gratitude people feel for all the good things in life. This is done by offering prayers‚ gifting your near and dear ones. Its origin can be traced back to the 16th century when the first thanksgiving dinner is said to have taken place. Besides‚ the fourth Thursday in the month
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Earth Day Some people who talk about the environment talk about it as though it involved only a question of clean air and clean water. The environment involves the whole broad spectrum of man’s relationship to all other living creatures‚ including other human beings. It involves the environment in its broadest and deepest sense. It involves the environment of the ghetto which is the worst environment‚ where the worst pollution‚ the worst noise‚ the worst housing‚ the worst situation in this country
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1. Describe the main features and/ or developments of the day of mourning. As many Australians know Australia day is celebrated on the 26th of January. Australia day celebrates the British flag at the head of Sydney cove by Governor Arthur Philip in 1788‚ This day was also known as the day of mourning by the 21st century. During the year 1938 ‚ Aboriginal people in Sydney were becoming more prepared in their political activities. Bill Ferguson organised the first meeting of the “Aborigines
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Earth Day is an annual event‚ celebrated on April 22‚ on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970‚ and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco‚ peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace‚ to first be celebrated on March 21‚ 1970‚ the first day of spring in the
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Teacher-for-a-Day; What I Say GOES I have recently won the school contest for being the most gorgeous girl in the school. The prize was to be teacher-for-a-day. So many ideas ran through my head. I could do anything I want and ever imagined to do! It is so hard to choose what I wanted to do. School is only eight hours out of the day‚ how could I ever get all I wanted in that time span. If I really had to choose three most important thing to do as teacher-for-a-day‚ it would have to be change
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