简介brief introduction世界地球日( TheWorld Earth Day)即每年的4月22日，是一项世界性的环境保护活动。2009年第63届联合国大会决议将每年的4月22日定为"世界地球日"。The world earth day is a worldwideenvironmental protection activity. In 2009, the 63rd session of the UN GeneralAssembly decided to designate April 22 as "World Earth Day".该活动最初在1970年的美国由盖洛德•尼尔森和丹尼斯•海斯发起，随后影响越来越大。活动宗旨在唤起人类爱护地球、保护家园的意识，促进资源开发与环境保护的协调发展，进而改善地球的整体环境。中国从20世纪90年代起，每年都会在4月22日举办世界地球日活动。The campaign was first launched in theUnited States in 1970 by Gerard Nielsen and Dennis Hayes, and then it becamemore and more influential. The purpose of the activity is to arouse theconsciousness of human beings to love the earth and protect their homes, topromote the coordinated development of resource development and environmentalprotection, and then to improve the overall environment of the earth. Since the1990s, China has held the world earth day on April 22 every year.2019年的4月22日是第50个世界地球日，宣传主题为“珍爱美丽地球守护自然资源”。2020年地球日主题宣传活动周时间为4月20日至26日，主题为“珍爱地球 人与自然和谐共生”。April 22, 2019 is the 50th World Earth Daywith the theme of "cherish the beautiful earth and protect naturalresources". The theme publicity week of Earth Day 2020 is from April 20 to26, with the theme of "cherish the harmonious coexistence of earth peopleand nature".发展历程development history最初地球日选择在春分节气，这一天在全世界的任何一个角落昼夜时长均相等，阳光可以同时照耀在南极点和北极点上，这代表了世界的平等，同时也象征着人类要抛开彼此间的争议和不同，和谐共存。传统上在很多国家都有庆祝春分节气的传统。早期联合国也在每年的春分举行世界地球日的活动。At first, Earth Day was chosen at thevernal equinox. The time of day and night was equal in every corner of theworld. The sun could shine on the South Pole and the north pole at the sametime, which represented the equality of the world, and also symbolized thathuman beings should put aside their disputes and differences and coexistharmoniously. There is a tradition of celebrating the spring equinox in manycountries. The early United Nations also held world earth day at the springequinox every year.活动的意义Significance of activities1970年4月22日的“地球日”活动，是人类有史以来第一次规模宏大的群众性环境保护运动。作为人类现代环保运动的开端，它推动了西方国家环境法规的建立。如美国就相继出台了清洁空气法、清洁水法和濒危动物保护法等法规；1970年的地球日还促成了美国国家环保局的成立，并在一定程度上促成了1972年联合国第一次人类环境会议在斯德哥尔摩的召开，有力地推动了世界环境保护事业的发展。1973年联合国环境规划署的成立，国际性环境组织——绿色和平组织的创建，以及保护环境的政府机构和组织在世界范围内的不活动是世界上最早的大规模群众性环境保护运动，这次运动催化了人类现代环境保护运动的发展，促进了已开发国家环境保护立法的进程，并且直接催生了1972年联合国第一次人类环境会议。而1970年活动的组织者丹尼斯•海斯也被人们称为地球日之父。The earth day on April 22, 1970 is thefirst large-scale mass environmental protection movement in human history. Asthe beginning of modern environmental protection movement, it promotes theestablishment of environmental laws and regulations in western countries. Forexample, the United States has successively promulgated laws and regulationssuch as clean air law, clean water law and endangered animal protection law;the earth day in 1970 also contributed to the establishment of the nationalenvironmental protection agency of the United States, and to a certain extentcontributed to the convening of the first United Nations Conference on humanenvironment in Stockholm in 1972, which effectively promoted the development ofworld environmental protection. The establishment of the United NationsEnvironment Programme in 1973, the establishment of the internationalenvironmental organization Greenpeace, and the inaction of the governmentagencies and organizations for environmental protection in the world are thefirst large-scale mass environmental protection movement in the world. Thismovement has catalysed the development of modern human environmental protectionmovement and promoted the process of the developed national environmentalprotection legislation, And directly gave birth to the first UN Conference onhuman environment in 1972. Dennis Hayes, the organizer of the 1970 event, isalso known as the father of earth day.这次运动的成功使得在每年4月22日组织环保活动成为一种惯例，在美国地球日这个名号也随之从春分日移动到了4月22日，地球日的主题也转而更加趋向于环境保护。The success of this campaign makes it acommon practice to organize environmental protection activities on April 22every year. The name of Earth Day in the United States moves from Equinox Dayto April 22, and the theme of Earth Day tends to environmental protection.

活动起源Origin of activity1969年美国民主党参议员盖洛德•尼尔森在美国各大学举行演讲会，筹划在次年的4月22日组织以反对越战为主题的校园运动，但是在1969年西雅图召开的筹备会议上，活动的组织者之一，哈佛大学法学院学生丹尼斯•海斯提出将运动定位在于全美国的，以环境保护为主题的草根运动。In 1969, U.S. Democratic Senator gelodNelson held a speech in American universities. He planned to organize thecampus campaign against the Vietnam War on April 22 of the following year. Butat the preparatory meeting held in Seattle in 1969, one of the organizers ofthe campaign, Dennis Hayes, a law student from Harvard University, proposedthat the campaign should be located in the whole United States, withenvironmental protection as the theme The theme of grassroots movement.1969年盖洛•尼尔森提议，在全国各大学校园内举办环保问题讲演会，海斯听到这个建议后，就设想在剑桥市举办一次环保的演讲会。于是，他前往首都华盛顿去会见了尼尔森。年轻的海斯谈了自己的设想，尼尔森喜出望外，立即表示愿意任用海斯，甚至鼓动他暂时停止学业，专心从事环保运动。于是，海斯毅然办理了停学手续。不久，他就把尼尔森的构想扩大，办起了一个在美国各地展开的大规模的社区性活动。举办“地球日”的主意就这样形成了。In 1969, Gallo Nielsen proposed to hold alecture on environmental protection in university campuses across the country.After hearing this proposal, Hayes proposed to hold a lecture on environmentalprotection in Cambridge. So he went to Washington to meet Nelson. When youngHayes talked about his ideas, Nelson was overjoyed and immediately expressedhis willingness to appoint Hayes. He even encouraged him to suspend his studiesand concentrate on environmental protection. As a result, Hayes resolutely wentthrough the suspension procedure. Before long, he expanded Nelson's vision torun a large-scale community activity across the United States. The idea ofholding earth day came into being.他选定1970年4月22日（星期三）为第一个“地球日”。就在那年的4月22日，美国各地大约有2000万人参加了游行示威和演讲会。He chose Wednesday, April 22, 1970, as thefirst earth day. On April 22 of that year, about 20 million people from allover the United States participated in demonstrations and speeches.美国的1970年正是个多事之秋，光纤织物被发明了出来，“阿波罗13号”的悲剧导致登月计划的失败，在南卡罗来纳州萨瓦那河附近一家核工厂发生泄露事故，当时的美国人，终日呼吸着豪华轿车的含铅尾气。工厂肆无忌惮地排放着浓烟和污水，却从不担心会被起诉或者是受到舆论的谴责。“环保人士”凤毛麟角，他们只是列在字典里的单词，却很少能够被人所重视。正是在这样的背景下，首次“地球日”取得了极大的成功。鉴于公众对环境保护的关心，美国国会在“地球日”这一天休会，近40名参众议员分别在当地集会上讲话。伦特•杜贝斯、保罗•埃利希以及拉尔夫•纳德等美国的名流发表了演讲，阐明集会的重要意义。25万人聚集在华盛顿特区，10万人向纽约市第五大街进军，支持这次活动。It was an eventful autumn in the UnitedStates in 1970, when optical fiber fabric was invented. The tragedy of Apollo13 led to the failure of the moon landing plan. A nuclear plant near theSavannah River in South Carolina suffered a leakage accident. At that time, theAmericans were breathing the leaded exhaust of luxury cars. The factory let outsmoke and sewage without fear of prosecution or censure."Environmentalists" are rare. They are just words listed in thedictionary, but they are rarely valued. It is in this context that the first"Earth Day" has achieved great success. In view of the public'sconcern for environmental protection, the U.S. Congress adjourned its sessionon earth day, and nearly 40 members of Congress addressed the local assembly.American celebrities such as lunt dubez, Paul Ehrlich and Ralph Nader deliveredspeeches to clarify the significance of the gathering. 250000 people gatheredin Washington, D.C., and 100000 marched to Fifth Avenue in New York City tosupport the event.据统计，这一天全美有2000多万人、1万所中小学、2000所高等院校和2000个社区以及各大团体参加了“地球日”活动。人们举行集会、游行和其他多种形式的宣传活动，高举着受污染的地球模型、巨幅画和图表，高呼口号，要求政府采取措施保护环境。1970年的首次“地球日”活动声势浩大，被誉为二战以来美国规模最大的社会活动。这次活动标志着美国环保运动的崛起，并促使美国政府采取了一些治理环境污染的措施。According to statistics, more than 20million people, 10000 primary and secondary schools, 2000 colleges anduniversities, 2000 communities and major groups participated in the earth dayactivity. People held rallies, processions and other various forms ofpropaganda activities, holding high models of the polluted earth, giantpaintings and charts, chanting slogans and asking the government to takemeasures to protect the environment. In 1970, the first "Earth Day"was celebrated as the largest social activity in the United States since WorldWar II. The event marked the rise of the American environmental movement andprompted the US government to take some measures to control environmentalpollution.

活动推广Event promotion由于环境保护运动在世界范围内的兴起，1990年第二十届地球日活动的组织者希望将这一美国国内的运动向世界范围扩展，为此他们致函中国、美国、英国三国领导人和联合国秘书长，呼吁他们采取措施，举行会晤缔结关于环境保护议题的多边协议，协力扭转环境恶化的趋势；同时地球日的组织者还呼吁全世界愿意致力环境保护的政府在1990年4月22日各自动员国民开展环境保护运动。地球日活动组织者的倡议得到了亚洲、非洲、美洲、欧洲许多国家和众多国际性组织的响应，最终在1990年4月22日全世界有来自140多个国家的逾2亿人参与了地球日的活动，参与团体举办座谈会、游行、文化表演、清洁环境等活动来倡导“地球日”精神，并进一步向政府施压，期盼引发更多关注与政策的制定；从此以后世界地球日成为全球性的环境保护运动。Due to the rise of the environmentalprotection movement in the world, the organizers of the 20th Earth Day in 1990hope to expand the movement in the United States to the world. To this end,they sent letters to the leaders of China, the United States and the UnitedKingdom and the Secretary General of the United Nations, calling on them totake measures, hold meetings and conclude multilateral agreements onenvironmental protection issues, and work together to reverse environmentalevils At the same time, the organizers of earth day also called on governmentsaround the world willing to work on environmental protection to mobilize theircitizens to carry out environmental protection campaigns on April 22, 1990. Theinitiative of the organizers of the Earth Day event has been responded by manycountries in Asia, Africa, America, Europe and many internationalorganizations. Finally, on April 22, 1990, more than 200 million people frommore than 140 countries participated in the Earth Day event, and groupsorganized symposiums, parades, cultural performances, clean environment andother activities to promote the spirit of the earth day, and further to The governmentis pressing for more attention and policy-making; since then, world earth dayhas become a global environmental protection movement.重要人物Important people“地球日之父”：丹尼斯•海斯，生长在美国华盛顿州环境幽美的哥伦比亚河峡谷，他从小养成爱好大自然的个性。到了大学时代，他虽然读的是法律，却始终没有放弃对环境问题的关心。"Father of Earth Day": DenisHayes, who grew up in the Columbia River Canyon in Washington state, USA, grewup loving nature. In the University era, although he studied law, he never gaveup his concern for environmental issues.第一个“地球日”活动之后，被称为“地球日之父”的海斯先后到史密森尼恩研究所和伊利诺州政府任职，研究制定有关能源方面的政策。以后又得到美国当时的能源部长施莱辛格的赞赏，担任了由能源部经办的太阳能研究所的所长。海斯一直从事环保活动，1990年，他同朋友们一起讨论筹办纪念地球日20周年的活动。他的倡议很快得到了世界上大多数国家和联合国的支持。After the first earth day, Hayes, known asthe father of earth day, went to the Smithsonian Institution and the Illinoisgovernment to study and formulate policies on energy. Later, he was praised bythe then energy secretary of the United States, Schlesinger, and served as thedirector of the solar energy research institute run by the Department ofenergy. Hayes has been engaged in environmental protection activities. In 1990,he and his friends discussed and organized activities to commemorate the 20thanniversary of earth day. His initiative soon gained the support of mostcountries in the world and the United Nations.鉴于丹尼斯•海斯在环保事业中所做出的重大贡献，他曾荣获Sierra Club、联邦野生动物协会、美国慈善协会、美国太阳能协会、远离战争组织和Interfaith Centerfor Corporate Responsibility的最高荣誉奖项。丹尼斯•海斯还荣获了1978年度，35岁以下杰弗逊最佳社会服务奖，还曾被形象杂志（Look Magazine）评为20世纪100个最具影响力的美国人之一，并被国家奥杜邦协会评为100个最杰出的环保人士之一。在2000年又被著名的时代周刊（Time Magazine）提名为100个“地球英雄”之一。In view of his significant contribution toenvironmental protection, Dennis Hayes has won the top honors of Sierra Club,federal Wildlife Association, American Charity Association, American SolarEnergy Association, far from war organization and interfaith Center forcorporate responsibility. Dennis Hayes also won the Jefferson Award for bestsocial service under 35 in 1978. He was also named one of the 100 mostinfluential Americans in the 20th century by Look magazine and one of the 100 mostoutstanding environmentalists by the National Audubon Association. In 2000, itwas nominated as one of 100 "earth heroes" by time magazine.历年主题Themes over the years20世纪90年代以来，中国社会各界每年4月22日都要举办”世界地球日”活动。最主要的活动是由中国地质学会、国土资源部组织的纪念活动。每年中国纪念”世界地球日”，都要确定一个主题。Since the 1990s, all walks of life in Chinahave held the world earth day on April 22 every year. The most importantactivity is the commemoration organized by the Chinese Geological Society andthe Ministry of land and resources. Every year when China commemorates worldearth day, a theme should be determined.今年五种活动参与方式：There are five ways to participate in this year's activities:以唱歌的形式参与：演唱您喜欢的歌曲，并对歌曲做简单的介绍；Participate in the form of singing: sing your favorite songs, and make a brief introduction to the songs;以物种绘画的形式参与：请对所画的物种做简单的介绍。Participate in the form of species painting: please give a brief introduction to the species.以讲叙的形式参与：请介绍一个物种或讲述一个冠状病毒如何影响您生活的故事。Participate in the form of Narration: please introduce a species or tell a story about how a coronavirus affects your life.以口罩涂鸦的形式参与：请在口罩上做自然主题的涂鸦绘画，然后带上该口罩，并说出您的感想。Participate in the form of mask graffiti: please make a natural theme graffiti painting on the mask, then take the mask and say your feelings.以口号的形式参与：“我是地球公民xxx，我愿意（一种环保的方式，比如：不再食用野生动物）+ 结束语”。Participate in the form of slogans: "I am xxx, a citizen of the earth, and I am willing to (an environmentally friendly way, such as: no longer eating wild animals) + conclusion".