Earth Day is April 22

Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970, founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson. Earth Day is an event observed annually on April 22. It’s a day held to demonstrate and promote environmental awareness, and calls for the protection of our planet. Earth Day is celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.

Earth Day Network (EDN), the organizing body for Earth Day worldwide, announced that the theme of Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our Earth.”

The theme is based on the emerging concept that rejects the idea that our only options to save the planet are to mitigate or adapt to the impacts of climate change and other environmental damage. Scientists, non-governmental organizations, business, and governments worldwide now are looking at natural system processes and emerging green technologies to restore the world’s ecosystems and forests, conserve and rebuild soils, improve farming practices, restore wildlife populations, and rid the world’s oceans of plastics.

For more information, visit www.earthday.org.

Nancy Roe
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