The celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd began in the United States in 1970 and was the brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson, who had long pondered about finding a way to "put the environment into the political 'limelight' once and for all" . Earth Day is a perfect time to reflect about what you are doing to help protect the environment. There are many ways that you can celebrate alone and with others.
1970年，美國的民主黨參議員蓋洛德·尼爾森提議將每年的4月22日立為“地球日”。他表示自己思慮許久，想找到一種能“一勞永逸地讓環(huán)境問題走進(jìn)政治舞臺的聚光燈下”的辦法。地球日是個(gè)適合用來反思“我為保護(hù)環(huán)境到底做了些啥”的日子。以下是一些推薦可以供你采納，可以獨(dú)自一人進(jìn)行也可以跟別人一起。

1. Plant trees
種樹

As the date also roughly coincides with U.S. Arbor Day, over time Earth Day has taken on the role of tree-planting. Planting trees helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cleans pollution, secures soil in place to prevent erosion, and provides homes for a lot of biodiversity.
地球日距美國的植樹節(jié)很近，久而久之，地球日已經(jīng)差不多變成了植樹日。多植樹能幫助減少溫室氣體排放、減輕污染、保護(hù)土壤免遭腐蝕，并為生物多樣化提供良好的環(huán)境。

2. Reduce, reuse and recycle all day long
減少浪費(fèi)、加強(qiáng)回收利用

Buy as little as possible and avoid items that come in lots of packaging. Support local growers and producers of food and products - these don't have to travel as far and so reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Take your drink container with you, and don't use any disposable plates or cutlery. Recycle all the things you do use for the day or find other uses for things that you no longer use. Carry a cloth bag for carrying things in and recycle your plastic bags.
少買些東西吧，尤其是那些包裝過度的玩意兒。支持本地產(chǎn)品（無論是食物還是別的）——因?yàn)檫@些東西所需的運(yùn)輸距離短，從而能減少溫室氣體排放。隨身帶個(gè)水杯，盡量不用一次性餐具?；厥绽媚切┤粘Ｉ钣闷罚槟切┎怀Ｓ玫奈锲钒l(fā)掘新的用途。多用布袋子、回收塑料袋。

3. Rid litter
清掃垃圾

Rid litter from our roadways. Many groups use the weekend of Earth Day to clear roadways, highways and neighborhood streets of litter that has accumulated since the last clean-up day. Many companies donate gloves and bags for clean-up groups and villages organize bag pick ups. Once the group has collected the trash and placed the recycled bags along the road, get the village public works department to pick the bags up. It's a wonderful community project. Great for scout troops, rotary clubs and the like.
清掃馬路上的垃圾。很多群體會在地球日的周末集體清掃馬路、高速公路以及社區(qū)馬路，掃除那些自上個(gè)清掃日以來堆積成山的垃圾。很多公司會捐贈手套和垃圾袋給清潔團(tuán)體和村莊，組織收集垃圾。當(dāng)清潔團(tuán)體收集好垃圾并將它們堆放在道路兩旁后，村莊的公益組織會前來集中收集垃圾袋。這是個(gè)非常棒的社區(qū)項(xiàng)目，非常適合童子軍、扶輪社（譯者注：一個(gè)歷史悠久的全球性公益組織）以及其他類似的公益團(tuán)體。

4. Sing or listen to "Earth" songs
聆聽或唱地球主題歌

There are many Earth Day song lyrics available on the Internet. Many follow well-known tunes. These make a fantastic classroom activity and help younger children to become interested in environmental topics. For listening, iTunes has many songs about the Earth for downloading: try searching for words such as "planet", "Earth", "endangered", "pollution" etc. One example being "Earth Day" by Devin Townsend.
網(wǎng)上充斥著很多與地球日相關(guān)的歌曲。它們之中的大部分有著耳熟能詳?shù)那{(diào)，是很好的班級活動(dòng)素材，能幫助孩子們對環(huán)保問題產(chǎn)生興趣。想聽的話，可以去iTunes下載：搜索類似“星球”、“地球”、“瀕臨”、“污染”之類的關(guān)鍵詞就行。比方說，加拿大樂隊(duì)歌手Devin Townsend就有首“地球日” 的歌。

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5. Wear green and/or brown
穿綠色或棕色的衣服

Dress in environmental colors for the day; think "tree"! Wear badges if you have them that carry pithy summaries of your environmental views.
地球日當(dāng)天不妨穿與環(huán)境相融的顏色的衣服吧。比如樹木一樣的綠色！如果有言簡意賅的徽章也不妨戴著，正好能表達(dá)你對于環(huán)保的觀點(diǎn)。

6. Engage others in conversations about your environmental concerns
與他人談?wù)撃銓Νh(huán)境的看法

Don't be bossy or pushy, just tell people some facts and then explain your feelings about them. Encourage them to respond and if they have no opinions or they seem to not know much, help them learn some more by imparting your environmental knowledge in a friendly and helpful manner.
不需要太專橫，也不需要太強(qiáng)求，你只要平靜地和他人談?wù)摵铜h(huán)境有關(guān)的真相就行，并且加上自己的看法。鼓勵(lì)人們和你互動(dòng)吧：即使他們對你的觀點(diǎn)沒有看法，或根本不了解環(huán)保行業(yè)，也沒關(guān)系，只要友好地和他們分享你所知道的環(huán)保相關(guān)的知識就行，以幫助他們了解更多。

7. Ride your bike
多騎自行車

Use your bicycle or other forms of human powered transportation to commute to work or school and to run errands.
盡量多使用自行車或其他人力的交通工具來上班、上學(xué)和辦事。

8. Remember: Every day is Earth Day
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Anything to help our environment is a perfect thing to do on Earth Day and every day. Don't restrict yourself to just one day a year; learn about how you can make a difference to environmental protection all the time. And put it into practice - every day!
任何一件能使環(huán)境變得更好的事，都是值得在地球日以及任何一天做的事。不要局限于4月22日這一天。學(xué)著去把每天都變成保護(hù)環(huán)境的“地球日”吧，并堅(jiān)持踐行之。