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Plant a Sapling
種一棵樹苗
What
A small young tree planted in soil or a pot.
When
On Earth Day, or any spring weekend.
Why
To plant a sapling is to give the future a tree.
How twenty million people in 1970 started a new kind of holiday.
第一個地球日：1970 年兩千萬人開啟的新節慶。
Plastic, smoke, and trash — and what they do to our planet.
地球正在告訴我們什麼：塑膠、煙塵與垃圾。
The simplest rule for kids who love the Earth.
3R 原則：減少、重用、回收。
Six small actions that any student can start with.
今天我能做什麼：學生都能上手的六件小事。
The Earth has been a home for plants, animals, and people for billions of years. But in the last hundred years, our planet has been getting sick. The water, the air, and the land are full of plastic, smoke, and trash. This is called pollution.
In 1970, an American senator named Gaylord Nelson saw how bad the pollution was getting. He had a big idea — what if we picked one day every year to remind everyone to take care of the Earth? On April 22, 1970, twenty million people in America walked together, planted trees, and cleaned up rivers.
Today, Earth Day is celebrated in more than 190 countries. Every April 22, kids and grown-ups around the world plant trees, pick up trash, and learn how to be kinder to our only home — the planet we all share.
地球作為動植物與人類的家園已經幾十億年了，但近一百年來，因為塑膠、廢氣、垃圾，地球生病了，這就是「污染」。1970 年，美國參議員 Gaylord Nelson 提出構想：每年訂一天提醒大家照顧地球。那年 4 月 22 日，全美兩千萬人一起走上街頭、種樹、清河。今天，超過 190 國一同慶祝地球日，每年 4 月 22 日，全世界的孩子和大人都會種樹、淨灘、學習如何對唯一的家更友善。