Hello kids.
It's your Mother.
Mother Earth!
Today we're going to talk about EARTH DAY!!
That's right, one day out of the year we celebrate moi.
Really, it should be every day.
I mean - Every single day I give you a home
and provide you with food and trees and flowers and grass and nice
weather...
Oh Hello Leonard , Sweetie.
Aaaah!
Who said that?
It's your Mother.
Mother Earth .
Up here, sweetie.
Helllooo!!
How can you be up there!??
I'm standing on the Earth !!
Just go with it, Sweetie.
Like I was saying, Earth Day is celebrated all over the world,
as it should be.
There's an Earth DAY?
I didn't know that!
Well now you know.
Are there days to celebrate the other planets?
I wouldn't know anything about that.
We're talking about me now, so...let's stay focused, Leonard!
Okay, just seems a little funny to only celebrate one planet when we have
a whole bunch of planets.
But you only have ONE Mother Earth ! I gave you life!
Oh,no, of course, you're right.
We should celebrate the beautiful planet
where we all live.
Thank you, sweetie.
OKAY.
Now let's talk about this big celebration.
When is Earth Day?
I'll write it in my calendar.
Earth Day is on April 22nd.
Every year?
Yes, Leonard , Every year on April 22nd we celebrate Day
Since when?
Well, it's been a little while now, let me think.
The first Earth Day was on April 22nd, 1970.
That's not really very old for a holiday.
I mean, some holidays are like..over 2000 years old.
Well, it took a while for people to figure out that they should show a
little appreciation for your dear old Mother Earth . Things were not looking
so nice back in the late 1960s.
Oh yeah?
There were some real issues with the environment, like smog, and people
dumping trash where it didn't belong, air pollution, water pollution - the
last straw was this huge oil spill in beautiful Santa Barbara, California.
Oh, I've been to Santa Barbara, I have a cousin there.
It's really pretty.
Imagine beautiful Santa Barbara all covered in stinky oil.
yeccchhh!
You said it.
Well a couple of US Senators said enough is enough.
They got together with this other fellow
from Harvard and the three of them organized a national event for the
people of the United States.
Wow! That's great!
On April 22nd, 1970, 20 million Americans went out into the streets to
demonstrate their support for good old Mother Nature.
Really?
It didn't stop there.
By the end of the year, The United States started
the Environmental Protection Agency and they passed the Clean Air Act, the
Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act.
What about the rest of the world?
I'm proud to say that Earth Day has gone GLOBAL.
Hahaha see what I did there?
Earth Day went global hahaha yes, that's a good joke.
Thank you sweetie.
I try.
In 1990, 200 million people in 141 countries around
the world celebrated Earth Day.
No kidding!
In the year 2000, it was even bigger.
184 countries were involved in the event.
I sense a pattern here.
...and in 2010, 192 countries celebrated Earth Day!!
WOW!! (aside} - how many countries are there, actually?
...WOW!!
So where do we go from here?
2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and we now have over a
BILLION people who celebrate this holiday every year.
But we can't rest on our laurels and say okay, we're all done.
You have to stay on your toes and keep taking care of your Mother Earth !
But what can I do?
I'm just a little frog.
Oh, Sweetie.
I'm glad you asked.
Let's talk about 5 simple things you can do
to help your planet.
Oh, Great!
HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOTHER EARTH TIP Number One: ZERO WASTE LUNCH.
This one is a fun challenge.
Pack your lunch in a reusable container.
Don't use anything that will be thrown away.
Oh, I can do that.
Doesn't it feel great to not create trash?
Yeah!
TAKING CARE OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL MOTHER Earth TIP Number Two: Carry a reusable
water bottle.
Water IS very important to me as a frog.
It's important to drink water, but who needs all those plastic bottles?
If you buy one bottle and reuse it,
you're saving all that oil you need to make plastic.
And also, you're not making all that plastic waste!
I had a water bottle once but it started to smell funny.
You have to make sure you wash it regularly.
You don't want it to get stinky.
Then you won't want to drink from it and then you'll get dehydrated
and that's awful.
Don't do that.
Just wash your water bottle, fill it with
fresh water, and drink it.
There you go, kiddo.
Good job.
Okay, note to self: WASH water bottle.
What's next?
TAKING CARE OF YOUR INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL MOTHER EARTH TIP Number
Three: UNPLUG YOUR APPLIANCES.
Did you know that appliances use electricity just by being plugged in?
No, really?
Even if you turn them off?
Yes.
Really?
I'm telling you, this is a thing.
Go around and unplug your electrical
doodads and gadgets when you're not using them.
OR - this is easier - You can plug your appliances into a power
strip, and then turn the power strip off!
ooh clever - you can turn off a whole bunch at once that way.
YES.
Very good Leonard ! Moving On.
TAKING CARE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL PLANET MOTHER EARTH TIP
Number Four: TURN OFF THE LIGHTS.
Come on.
Turn off the lights when you leave a room.
Why are you leaving lights on?
Your teddy bear does not need the light on.
He's okay in the dark.
Really.
Really really?
Really Really.
AND FINALLY.
HERE WE GO.
YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR GORGEOUS,
UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER EARTH TIP Number Five.
Turn off the water when you brush your teeth.
I don't actually have any teeth
Good so you can just leave the water off.
Leave some water for the fish, Leonard ! That goes for you too, kids.
Makes sense.
Why let perfectly good clean water just run down the drain
when I'm not using it.
Exactly.
So do you think you can do these five simple things, Leonard?
Yeah!
I like this idea of celebrating Earth Day.
Try to celebrate it every day.
I think I can do that.
Thanks Mother Earth!
You're welcome, sweetie.
I love you.
You're my little froggie woggie woggie!
Oh no.
Hey Kids.
We hope you enjoy celebrating Day on April 22nd
and every day.
Let's show our Mother Earth how much we love her by taking
care of her!
You can learn more about the Earth by
watching SMART FUN videos here on Socratica Kids.
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