Hari Bumi adalah hari pengamatan tentang bumi yang dicanangkan setiap tahun pada tanggal 22 Aprildan diperingati secara internasional.[1][2] Hari Bumi dirancang untuk meningkatkan kesadaran dan apresiasi terhadap planet yang ditinggali manusia ini yaitu bumi. Dicanangkan oleh Senator Amerika Serikat Gaylord Nelson pada tahun 1970 seorang pengajar lingkungan hidup. Tanggal ini bertepatan pada musim semi di Northern Hemisphere (belahan Bumi utara) dan musim gugur di belahan Bumi selatan. PBB sendiri merayakan hari Bumi pada 20 Maret sebuah tradisi yang dicanangkan aktivis perdamaian John McConnell pada tahun 1969, adalah hari dimana matahari tepat di atas khatulistiwayang sering disebut Ekuinoks Maret.
Kini hari bumi diperingati di lebih dari 175 negara dan dikoordinasi secara global oleh Jaringan Hari Bumi (Earth Day Network).[3]
Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network,[1] and is celebrated in more than 192 countries every year.[2]
The name and concept of Earth Day was pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at a UNESCOConference in San Francisco. He proposed March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a Proclamation signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later a separate Earth Day was founded byUnited States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. While this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.[3][4] Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues.
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