QUIZ BEE REVIEWER

• Gaylord Nelson


  Founder of Earth Day
• Denis Hayes


  Took Earth Day international
• Earth Day


  April 22
• Earth Day's date


  • Chosen because it falls between spring break and final exams on college campuses
• First Earth Day


  1970
• 20 million people recognized the first Earth Day
• About 50 million indigenous people inhabit forests worldwide
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson


  Bestselling book that warned of the effects of pesticides
• Paul Newman and Ali MacGraw spoke to crowds in Union Square in New York City on the first Earth Day
• The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the planet's oxygen
• 20,000 people attended the first Earth Day rally in New York City's Union Square
• Earth Day detractors argued that the first celebration was really to honor Vladimir Lenin's 100th birthday
• 192 countries (so far) have celebrated Earth Day
• The first Earth Day was partially inspired by protestors against the Vietnam War
• The first Earth Day eventually led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Richard Nixon


  President who created the EPA
• John F. Kennedy


  President who joined Gaylord Nelson for a multi-state conservation-themed tour
• In 1970, President Nixon passed the National Environmental Education Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air Act inspired by the Earth Day movement
• The Clean Water Act passed

  1972
• International Mother Earth Day

  The United Nations name for Earth Day
• Approximately 1 billion people participate in Earth Day each year
• Most of Earth's breathable air comes from the Ocean
• Stuart Roosa


  Astronaut who brought tree seeds with him into space that were later grown on Earth
• A single tree produces enough air to supply in its lifetime for four people for a year
• Bill Clinton


  President who honored Gaylord Nelson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• In 2012, 100,000 commuters in China rode bikes to protest carbon emissions and air pollution
• In 1970, students at San Fernando State College passed out rice and tea to represent the future famine the planet would face if environmental protections weren't enacted
• In 1970, students at Florida Technological University held a mock trial accusing a Chevrolet of air pollution