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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 |
EARTH DAY 2000 WORLDWIDE
30th Anniversary of
Earth Day Birth in San Francisco
Purpose of The Earth Site
By John McConnell - Founder of Earth Day
The Earth Day Stamp
is part of the "Celebrate the Century" U.S. Stamp
Collection
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 |
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
- New Millennium Alert
- Be an Earth Trustee - Daily
- Millennium Opportunity
- Minute for Peace '99
- Looking ahead
- Earth Care Campaign
- What the Candidates Should Be Talking About
- Stop the World
- Upside down thinking
- LOVE-TRUTH
- Earth Day 1975
- EARTH TRUSTEE WEB AGENDA
- State of the World
- ECLIPSE LAUNCH PAD
- God's Message in Nature
- Do your part
- Work the Web for Earth Day 2000
- The Commandments of Jesus
- One Earth Day
- Kosovo Solution
- Internet is a Tower of Babel
- Minute for Peace Poem
- Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin
- Earthday Lighthouse
- Astronauts For Peace
- The Ultimate Question -- and The Millenium
- Moral Equivalent of World War II
Archive of John McConnell's
writings'
Articles by John McConnell
- INDEX
Read other stories on the Earth Site
Take
action!
Earth Trustee
Registry - fill out our form!
Every Living Thing
Song by Ervin Drake dedicated to John McConnell
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.
Visit some interesting links concerning John McConnell, Earth Day and The Earth Trustee Idea.
If you would like to email John McConnell click here.
Visit our new site: Earth Day One at www.earthdayone.org
and
Our sister site in Canada, www.wowzone.com/wow-ed.htm
"You already are an Earth Trustee. The question is, are you a careful or a careless one?"
Bookmark this page: www.earthsite.org
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 84 and attends as many of them as possible with his wife Anna. They 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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