20 million Americans mobilized on April 22, 1970; 30 years later, that number was up to 200 million citizens of the Earth. What was the cause that brought these people together? The desire to make the Earth a better place.
Earth Day is not a holiday, but an annual event dedicated to demonstrating support for environmental action. Consider the math: in many Western countries, each person generates 4.3lb (1.95kg) of waste every day, up from 2.7 (1.2kg) in 1960. There are now 7.3 billion people in the world; with the current population growth rate of 1.1%, this means that in roughly 64 years, the Earth's population will be almost 15 billion.
That's a lot of garbage. Let's do our part, avoid the mistakes of the past, and keep our planet clean! If you have an image of pollution in our neighborhood, add a photo to this list - and then help clean it up!
#41 Fishermen Row A Boat In The Algae-filled Chaohu Lake In Hefei, Anhui Province
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14points
#42 Workers Try To Drain Sewage Water From Leaking Sewage Tank, Shanghang, Fujian
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14points
#44 Dry 'river' In Northern Bali - When The Rains Come The Plastic Washes Out To Sea.
14points
#50 Plastic Sandals Found On Beaches In Raja Ampat
9points
#51 Part Of The Amazonian Jungle In Brazil, Burnt Down To Be “Repurposed”
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8points
#52 An Elderly Man Uses A Broom To Sweep Away A Burst Of Algal Bloom From The Surface Of A Pond In Order To Bathe In Jiaxing
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8points
#53 Cat And Trash At A Beautiful Beach In The Westsahara, Morocco
8points
#54 Pollution In Tiananmen Square In China
8points
#55 Girl And Her Father Collect Water From Puddle At Dried-up Reservoir, Baofeng County
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7points
#57 Madhya Pradesh,in.:cows Awaiting Death,poisoned By Plasic,eaten With Food In The Garbage.
6points
#58 A River In The Suburbs Of Mumbai.
5points
#59 Plastic Kochin, India
5points
#60 Open Dumping In The Streets Of New Delhi, India
5points