Every year on April 22, people around the world celebrate Earth Day. It marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

More than 1 billion people in over 193 countries participate in Earth Day every year with a collective goal of making our planet a better place. Whether it's educating, advocating or mobilizing in your community, there are lots of different ways to help.

The idea of Earth Day came about in the 1960s, when people starting becoming more aware of how environmental pollution threatens human health.

Prior to the EPA being created in 1970, Americans drove inefficient cars that used leaded gas and industries were free to pollute the environment with harmful smoke and gas. In 1969, a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, Calfiornia, inspired acti

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