Happy Earth Day to you!!! ^_^
HISTORY OF 22ND APRIL EARTH DAY
In September 1969 before it become the official Earth Day, U.S Senator Gaylord Nelson, a man who is concerned about the environmental issue and crisis, invited people into participating in a national service; the nationwide grassroots demonstration on behalf of the environment. He proposed this nationwide environmental protest onto the national agenda.
Oh yeah, it did worked and successfully grabbed the attention of the Americans. The story has carried and spread from coast to coast. Beyond expection, the responses were like a thundershock, which telegrams, letters and telephone calls keep flooding and flooding in the U.S Senate office. And then the American finally set a forum up to express their concern about what had been happening to the lands, rivers, lakes, seas and air.
Because of the massive numbers of responses to widespread environment degradation, Senator Gaylord was summoned for an environment teach-in on 22nd April 1970. Over 200 million people participated that year and so then Earth Day was officially established. Now Earth Day is observed each year by more than 500 million people and national governments in 175 countries.
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With the celebration of Earth Day, I was really happy as the people still remember the Earth Day and greet others Happy Earth Day. But , I'm somehow a bit unhappy as people nowadays never show the appreciation to the grassroots level. As you know, our beloved island, the climate in Penang is getting hotter and hotter... for real you know! Truly crazy >_<
My friends who are used to stay in Penang or once been Penangites before, came here for a few days but complaint to me that Penang nowadays are terribly hot and they need 5 - 6 sheets to wipe off the sweats. During their stays, they ventured somewhere in Penang and noticed that mostly of areas has been deforested and cleared for development plan. They described Penang as the "concrete jungle" due to this reason.
I couldn't say they are wrong and I really have admitted that they are truly right. I still remember back the time where I was a little kid. Usually after the school, my mum'd fetch me home which is located in Jelutong. Ahh, quite far from Tanjung Bungah. @_@ On the way to home, I would enjoy seeing the tall trees along the road. Somemore, when getting through hillside road, there were many tall and big trees standing to shelter the road and the sky was barely to be seen.
But now? As you can see, many areas have been cleared and deforested for housing or development plan projects. Everywhere on the road is being exposed to the glaring sunlight. It's really a pain in our eyes when staring at the sky! >_<>
My friends who are used to stay in Penang or once been Penangites before, came here for a few days but complaint to me that Penang nowadays are terribly hot and they need 5 - 6 sheets to wipe off the sweats. During their stays, they ventured somewhere in Penang and noticed that mostly of areas has been deforested and cleared for development plan. They described Penang as the "concrete jungle" due to this reason.
I couldn't say they are wrong and I really have admitted that they are truly right. I still remember back the time where I was a little kid. Usually after the school, my mum'd fetch me home which is located in Jelutong. Ahh, quite far from Tanjung Bungah. @_@ On the way to home, I would enjoy seeing the tall trees along the road. Somemore, when getting through hillside road, there were many tall and big trees standing to shelter the road and the sky was barely to be seen.
But now? As you can see, many areas have been cleared and deforested for housing or development plan projects. Everywhere on the road is being exposed to the glaring sunlight. It's really a pain in our eyes when staring at the sky! >_<>
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