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"The earth will continue to regenerate its life sources only as long as we and all the peoples of the world do our part to conserve its natural resources. It is a responsibility which every human being shares. Through voluntary action, each of us can join in building a productive land in harmony with nature." President Gerald Ford
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EARTH DAY
uses one of humanity’s great discoveries, the discovery of anniversaries
by which, throughout time, human beings have kept their sorrows and their
joys, their victories, their revelations and their obligations alive, for
re-celebration and re-dedication another year, another decade, another
century another eon. EARTH DAY reminds the people of the world of
the need for continuing care which is vital to Earth’s safety. …EARTH DAY
draws on astronomical phenomena in a new way; using the vernal equinox,
the time when the Sun crosses the equator making night and day of equal
length in all parts of the Earth. To this point in the annual
calendar, EARTH DAY attaches no local or divisive set of symbols, no
statement of the truth or superiority of one way of life over
another. But the selection of the March equinox makes planetary
observance of a shared event possible.
The vernal equinox calls on all mankind to recognize and respect Earth’s beautiful systems of balance, between the presence of animals on land, the fish in the sea, birds in the air, mankind, water, air, and land. Most importantly there must always be awareness of the actions by people that can disturb this precious balance. Margaret Mead |
Press Release September 7,
2000:
Gorbachev Signs Earth Day Proclamation
WHY THE MARCH EQUINOX IS THE ONLY TRUE EARTH DAY
Earth Day:
Past, Present, Future
By Lee Lawrence and John McConnell
John McConnell's Writings
- What and When is Earth Day?
- News Bomb
- Earth Trustee Appeal
- Earth Care Campaign Princeton University 1982
- Upside down thinking
- LOVE-TRUTH
- EARTH TRUSTEE WEB AGENDA
- The Commandments of Jesus
- One Earth Day
- Internet is a Tower of Babel
- Minute for Peace Poem
- Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin
- Earth Day Lighthouse
- Astronauts For Peace - 1961
- The Ultimate Question -- and The Millennium
- Moral Equivalent of World War II
Archive of John McConnell's writings
Articles by John McConnell - INDEX
Read other stories on the Earth Site
Every Living Thing
Song by Ervin Drake dedicated to John
McConnell
Photos
Take action!
Earth Trustee Registry - fill out our form!
Check out the Earth Magna Charta, a document which discusses the ideals behind
the campaign for earth as well as the action people should take.
Find out how to become
part of a global plan to support and sustain our earth as an Earth
Trustee.
Learn about the ideals which helped to
shape Earth Day as well as the circumstances
which led to its beginning.
Read The 77
Theses, the Principles and Policies that will
foster the peaceful nurture and care of the Planet Earth.
Read
about John McConnell, the man who founded
Earth Day and continues to speak for environmental as well as other global
issues.
Find out about the history and
significance of The Earth Flag and how to
order one.
The Earth Day Stamp
is part of the "Celebrate the Century - 1970's" U.S. Stamp Collection
Visit some interesting links concerning John McConnell, Earth Day and The Earth Trustee Idea.
If you would like to email John McConnell click here.
Your contributions work! Millions of people around the world are reached through our internet sites. The International Earth Day Network is expanding throughout the world, and John McConnell is invited to all of the major international conferences. John is doing great at 85 and attends as many of them as possible. John and with his wife Anna live in New York, within easy access to the United Nations, where John is a regular visitor and advisor since he founded Earth Day on March 20, 1970. Earth Day is the most significant day of the year, because people from all nations, backgrounds, races, colors, religions, and all other human-made barriers actually celebrate their similarities: living on Earth. Earth Day is the First Day of Spring, the day of new beginnings. It's the renewal of the knowledge that everyday is Earth Day, because as Earth Trustees, we care for the Earth every day. Thank you for your support. Please send your contributions to: Earth Trustees, Inc., 1933 Woodbine Street, Ridgewood, NY, USA 11385 |
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