Colombia Celebrates
Earth Day With
Environmental Campaigns
Campaigns to improve air
and water quality were
launched nationwide in
Colombia Tuesday to
celebrate Earth Day.
Juan Lozano, Colombia's
Environment, Housing and
Development Minister,
said the campaigns are
aimed at fighting air
and water pollution, the
biggest environmental
problems in Colombia's
main cities like Bogota
and Medellin.
A special
24-hour-operating team
has been sent to monitor
the serious erosion
problems in Bucaramanga
city, capital of
Colombia's northeastern
Santander province,
Lozano added.
Lozano also stressed the
importance of
cultivating the social
consciousness of
protecting the earth,
especially among
children, so that they
will enjoy a better life
quality.
First celebrated on
April 22, 1970, Earth
Day was created by late
U.S. Senator Gaylord
Nelson in an attempt to
improve people’s
awareness of
environmental
protection.
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