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Earth Day 1 (found) in 1970 as a day of education about environmental problems, and Earth Day 2020 occurs on Wednesday, April 22 — the holiday's 50th anniversary. The holiday is now a global 2 (celebrate) that's sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of 3 (event) focused on green living.

4 (elect) to the U.S. Senate (参议院) in 1962, Senator Gaylord Nelson was determined to convince the federal government that the planet was 5 risk. In 1969, Nelson developed the idea for Earth Day after 6 (inspire) by the anti-Vietnam War "teach-ins" that were taking place on college campuses around the United States.

Denis Hayes, a young activist 7 had served as student president at Stanford University, was selected as Earth Day’s national coordinator (协调者), and he worked with 8 army of student volunteers and several staff members from Nelson's Senate office 9 (organize) the project.

The first Earth Day was effective at raising awareness about environmental problems and transforming public attitudes. Earth Day kicked off the "Environmental decade with a bang," as Senator Nelson later put it. The theme of Earth Day 2020 is "climate action." Earth Day. org hopes it will be the 10 (large) volunteer event in history.

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