Earth Day

By Linda Hart Green. Earth Day 1970, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I only skipped school one day in high school. I was a junior.

US Senator Gaylord Nelson initiated Earth Day to raise awareness about environmental issues, recruiting activist Denis Hayes to organize events nationwide.

"For me, every day is Earth Day," Leila Yassine, Rainforest Alliance's global advocacy engagement manager, told USA TODAY. "But I think it's really important to ...

Earth Day celebrates its 54th anniversary on Monday, April 22. On this date each year, millions of people around the world mark the importance of protecting ...

Nature wraps bananas and oranges in peels. But in some modern supermarkets, they're bagged or wrapped in plastic too. For Judith Enck, that's the epitome of ...

All weekend long, Evanston celebrated the 54th annual Earth Day, first observed on April 22, 1970, with clean up events and more.

From the air over the rolling hills of Hebden Bridge in northern England, a gigantic painting interrupts the placid green pasture with a call to action.

Last year, 60 Minutes reported that scientists were sounding an alarm that we were living in the midst of the sixth mass extinction. American biologist Paul ...

Celebrating Earth Day, Google used breathtaking aerial views to showcase Earth's natural wonders and rich biodiversity. This served as a reminder of the ...

This Earth Day neighbors from across the Omaha metro came together at the Riverfront to engage in activities and learn how we can better support our planet ...

Using satellite technology, the search engine giant created a collage with each Google letter that shows the global sustainability efforts within each continent ...

From the air over the rolling hills of Hebden Bridge in northern England, a gigantic painting interrupts the placid green pasture with a call to action.

In Roanoke alone, over ...

It wasn't always this way. Earth Day emerged from a groundswell of concern, a collective outcry against the unchecked environmental damage of the late 1960s.

A community near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia have come together to clear the tons of waste that washed up on their doorstep.

Since 2021, we have collaborated with Healthy Seas to rid the ocean of plastic waste – for Earth Day 2024, we're celebrating our continuing partnership.

Warwickshire County Council is supporting Earth Day 2024 by encouraging residents to join the ongoing battle against plastic pollution.

Refilling a reusable water bottle has become routine for many, and education can inspire similar large-scale behaviour shifts.

Earth Day 2024: World Earth Day, annually celebrated on April 22, serves as a reminder that everyone has a shared responsibility for the health of the ...

Maya van Rossum, founder of Green Amendment movement, is advocating for Georgia to pass provisions recognizing rights to healthy environment.

The system that we have used with My Emissions considers emissions associated with farming, including the use of the land, feed and fertilisers, the processing ...

The Local Nature Recovery Strategy is funded by Defra and local authorities throughout England have been appointed to lead the work. Somerset Council is ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-A global humanitarian relief organization that has headquarters in Santa Barbara is celebrates Earth Day daily. "Environmental.

According to the UN, up to 132 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty over the next decade because of the climate crisis. Climate change will ...

Simon Barnes has rewilded about nine acres (about 3.5 hectares) of his land at Heckingham, Norfolk, and said he had seen the benefits to the area's wildlife.

This Earth Day, we're joining the call to demand a 60 percent reduction in the production of all plastics by 2040. To do this, the world needs to stop ...

For 2024, the Earth Day website is highlighting the threat to human health and wellbeing posed by plastic consumption and pollution.

I take out the kitchen scraps to our compost heap, but why can't orange peel go in? I try to recycle our rubbish, but I must admit I get so confused with the ...

Discover Earth Day activities and initiatives and learn how the Pledge 1% initiative helps continue the fight for a better planet beyond just one day.

Taking the pulse of the climate and environmental crises facing the planet, and what is being done about them.

Originally conceived at the Unesco conference in 1969 as a means of highlighting growing desires for environmental protection, following a serious oil spill in ...

Norfolk conservationist Simon Barnes is an advocate of returning land to nature.

Sean Ripley is principal ecologist at Mace As we mark Earth Day today (22 April), it is timely to reflect on the significant environmental policy shifts.

It's inspiring to see so many Commerce employees embracing the great outdoors and making efforts to reduce plastic waste. We hope you enjoy these photos as much ...

22 Apr 2024. Celebrate Earth Day and get involved this April. Earth Day 2024 is a global celebration dedicated to environmental awareness and action.

Today is Earth Day 2024. Its theme is a trigger for me that brings me right back about 17 years ago to my epiphany about climate change and our environment. The ...

To date only 14% of plastics are recycled to make things again. We ask that you all try and establish a household and events with as little plastic as possible ...

On international Earth Day businesses in Exeter are being urged to consider their environmental credentials with the help of the City Council.

World Earth day was first celebrated in April 1970 and still remains the largest single-day protest in human history with more than 20 million people standing ...

By Dana Haidan, Director of Sustainability, Virgin Media O2. Today marks the 54th celebration of Earth Day, a day set out to celebrate our amazing planet ...

This year's theme is 'Planet vs Plastics', intending to draw attention to the threat posed by plastic pollution amid calls to stamp it out in the interests ...

Planeteers star-gaze a lot (you have to when your satellite office is in orbit), and we believe in using space to help life on Earth. But we also believe ...

Over the last five decades, environmental diplomacy has contributed to repairing the hole in our ozone layer, reducing the pollution that causes acid rain, and ...