Earth Day
Earth Day ni igikorwa ngarukamwaka ku ya 22 Mata kigaragaza inkunga yo kurengera ibidukikije . Bwa mbere bwakozwe ku ya 22 Mata 1970, ubu burimo ibintu byinshi byahujwe ku isi na EarthDay.org (yahoze ari umuyoboro w’umunsi ku isi)  harimo abantu miliyari 1 mu bihugu birenga 193.   Insanganyamatsiko yemewe yo muri 2022 nishoramari mumubumbe wacu.

Mu 1969, mu nama ya UNESCO yabereye i San Francisco, uharanira amahoro John McConnell yasabye umunsi wo kubahiriza Isi n’igitekerezo cy’amahoro, uzizihizwa bwa mbere ku ya 21 Werurwe 1970, umunsi wa mbere w’impeshyi mu majyaruguru y’isi. Uyu munsi ibikoresho by’ibidukikije byaje kwemezwa mu itangazo ryanditswe na McConnell kandi ryashyizweho umukono n’umunyamabanga mukuru U Thant mu Muryango w’abibumbye. Ukwezi kumwe, Senateri w’Amerika Gaylord Nelson yatanze igitekerezo cyo gukora inyigisho z’ibidukikije mu gihugu hose ku ya 22 Mata 1970. Yahaye akazi umurwanashyaka ukiri muto, Denis Hayes, kugira ngo abe Umuhuzabikorwa w’igihugu. Nelson na Hayes bahinduye ibirori "Umunsi w'isi". Denis n'abakozi be bakuze ibirori birenze igitekerezo cyambere cyo kwigisha-gushyiramo Amerika yose. Abantu barenga miliyoni 20 basutse mumihanda, kandi umunsi wambere wisi ukomeje kuba imyigaragambyo nini yumunsi umwe mumateka yabantu. Abafatanyabikorwa b'ingenzi badashingiye ku bidukikije bagize uruhare runini. Ku buyobozi bw'umuyobozi w'umurimo Walter Reuther, nk'urugero, United Auto Workers (UAW) niyo yagize uruhare runini hanze y’imari n’ibikorwa by’umunsi wa mbere w’isi.    Nk’uko Hayes abivuga, "Hatabayeho UAW, Umunsi wa mbere w'isi ushobora kuba waragenze!"  Nyuma Nelson yahawe igihembo cy'umudari wa Perezida wa Repubulika mu rwego rwo gushimira umurimo we.

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