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The first earth day
Senator Gaylord Nelson, who supported the protection of the Appalachian Trail and the banning of the use of the pesticide DDT hired Dennis Hayes to create the first Earth day in the United States of America. They used the power of student-led anti-war activism with the public’s emerging environmental consciousness to be the drive for their event. They managed to host the event at the Washington monument as an education about the environmental conservation importance With over 20 million people. -
Adoption of CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is used internationally to ensure that the international trading doesn’t threaten the survival of any species. CITES has 3 levels. Appendix 1 protects animals that are threatened by extinction, Appendix 2 are for animals that does not currently have extinction threats but could be threatened if trade was not restricted, Appendix 3 are animals that are protected in at least 1 country that wants helped control in international trades. -
The protest in Warren County, NC, USA
September 17th, 1982, there was a protest in Warren Country, North Carolina. The community that has been treated badly with wastes in their area has come together to catch the attention of many national civil rights leaders. -
Environmental Equity Workgroup
after discovering that the community that has been affected by the waste problem is the Hispanic and African American community, the Environmental Equity Workgroup was established by the Congressional Black Caucus and a bipartisan coalition of academic, social scientists and political activists met with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), then later change the name to the office of environmental justice. -
Global earth day
In 1990, Dennis Hayes has organized the first global earth day and it was celebrated by 200 million people in over 140 countries worldwide. Since then, Earth day has been internationally recognized and celebrated all around the world. -
The office of environmental justice
the federal government was forced to act upon it. George H.W. Bush founded the Office of environmental justice inside the EPA. -
Executive order
Bill Clinton signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to consider environmental justice in all their policies. However, this was never made into a law -
For everyone
George W. bush changed the goal from protecting the minorities or low income community” from environmental injustice to protecting “everyone”