Earth Day, April 22

The April 22 Earth Day was first created at the National UNESCO World Conference held in San Francisco in 1969 by John McConnell to celebrate the life and beauty of our world and draw attention to the environmental threats that our world faces.

What's Earth Day?

But, Earth Day was celebrated for the first time on April 22, 1970.

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In fact, John McConnell suggested the equinox time (when day and night are equal), March 21, as the date for celebrating Earth Day.

WHO IS JOHN MCCONNELL?

In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be observed on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere.

This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General UThant at the United Nations. A month later a United States Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea to hold a nationwide environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970.

• Each year, Earth Day Network works to bring together communities around the world in a huge campaign to tackle modern day environmental problems in effort to continue the Earth Day tradition

What are the goals?

• According to earthday.org, Earth Day aims to “build the world's largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and the planet.” The movement's mission is “to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide

ACTIVITIES

Numerous communities engaged in Earth Day Week actions, an entire week of activities focused on the environmental issues that the world faces. Today around 1 billion people in 193 countries take part in Earth Day and resolve to protect the environment and biodiversity. Now, time has come for Earth Day 2022.

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This time, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage. Earth Day 1990 gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

1990: EARTH DAY GOES GLOBAL

2020 marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. However, the event was organized on digital platforms due to Covid19.

Earth Day Network launches A Billion Acts of Green and The Canopy Project. Earth Day 2010 engages 75,000 global partners in 192 countrieS.

Earth Day improves the power of digital media to build millions of local conversations across more than 180 countries

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The topics are: * Climate and environmental literacy * Climate restoration technologies* Reforestation efforts * Regenerative agriculture Equity * Environmental justice * Citizen science * Cleanups, and more.

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All Earth Day Themes

2021 – Restore Our Earth: Earth Day 2021 theme emphasized that everything on Earth is interdependent. Therefore we have to protect Earth to protect everyone. 2020 – Climate Action: In 2020, Earth Day focused on climate and urged people to take actions against climate change. 2019 – Protect Our Species: With ”Protect Our Species” theme, Earth Day brought to attention the destruction human activities have caused. 2018 – End Plastic Pollution: In 2018, Earth Day urged people to understand the harms of plastic and limit its use.

Earth Day 2022 Theme

The theme for Earth Day 2022 is “Invest In Our Planet.”Sustainability is the answer to sustainable prosperity. Smart and Innovative companies are realizing that going green will help us all. It is now vital that all business leaders must become engaged in shaping the future for sustainability.

PRESENTAtion

World climate leaders, grassroots activists, nonprofit innovators, thought leaders, industry leaders, artists, musicians, influencers, and the leaders of tomorrow will come to push us towards a better world.

Together for a better world.

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References:https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2021/https://www.earthreminder.com/earth-day-2022-theme-facts-events-celebrations/

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