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1971 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade.
The 1971 San Francisco Bay oil spill occurred when two Standard Oil tankers, the Arizona Standard and the Oregon Standard, collided in the San Francisco Bay, resulting in an 800,000 US gallons (3,000,000 L) spill. It led to the formation of a number of environmental organisations.
The year 1971 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ... Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third crewed Moon landing. May 19 ...
These articles relate to the natural environment in the year 1971. They include the human impact on the environment , environmental law , nature conservation , environmentalism and environmental issues .
Beyond the Limits and The Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update were published in 1992 and 2004 respectively; [8] [9] in 2012, a 40-year forecast from Jørgen Randers, one of the book's original authors, was published as 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years; [10] and in 2022 two of the original Limits to Growth authors, Dennis ...
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The goal of Earth Day 2014 was to dramatically personalize the massive challenges surrounding global climate change and weave that into both Earth Day 2014 and the five-year countdown to Earth Day 2020, the 50th anniversary. It was an opportunity to unite people worldwide into a common cause and call for action. [110]
In 1971, General Assembly Resolution 2581 created a 27-nation preparatory committee, whose goal was to produce a declaration concerning the "rights and obligations of citizens and Governments with regard to the preservation and improvement of the human environment" as outlined in a recommendation by the Secretary-General. [7]