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Earth Day
Many countries around the world ____________________ Earth Day . It is a day that is meant to ____________________ awareness and appreciation about the Earth's natural ____________________ .
The first Earth Day was ____________________ in the USA . It was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach - in - a sort of general educational forum or seminar . That was on April 22 , 1970 . While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States , an organization launched by Denis Hayes , who was the original national coordinator in 1970 , took it ____________________ in 1990 and organized ____________________ in 141 nations .
Earth ____________________ is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network , and is celebrated in more than 175 ____________________ every year . Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week , an entire week of ____________________ focused on environmental ____________________ . In 2009 , the United Nations designated April 22 International Mother Earth Day .