Earth Day

The iconic “Earthrise” image of Earth appearing over the moon's horizon as seen from the Apollo 8 spacecraft, taken during a live broadcast with NASA astronauts ...

Don’t forget the 2022 Earth Day poster, available in English or Spanish. Find it at this online toolkit, which includes videos and a virtual wallpaper. And in celebration of our beloved planet, NASA and the official Earth Day network are hosting various events this coming Earth Day, April 22, 2022. This year’s poster also has QR codes that tell the story of NASA’s Earth and climate science. These events are intended to promote the beauty of planet Earth and how we as residents can protect it, animals, other life and ourselves. NASA hopes the images will show the stunning breadth and variety of life that persists, survives and thrives right here on Earth. Also, get a head start on the festivities by posting to social media with the hashtag #NASAEarthling. Posts can include an image of yourself, your pets, your favorite place, a piece of artwork, poetry, or plain text.

In February 1970, nineteen ecologically-aware humanities students at the San Jose State College bought a brand-new Ford Maverick and buried it in a ...

The Earth Day coordination team suggested forty ideas for Earth Day events; one of them was “Encourage people to walk or ride bicycles instead of driving cars on April 22.” For many event organizers, the automobile was public enemy number one. This crowd-funded destruction of the hated motor car made news around the world.

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See which ones your children would like to try and have a go at cooking them together. - The first Earth Day was the planet’s largest civic event. - The first Earth Day was in 1970. This is a great and easy way to celebrate Earth Day with your children. Getting the kids to make a list of the things they would like to do to maintain the health of our environment is a great way to get them involved with Earth Day. Celebrate Earth Day and feed the birds with the help of birdseed ornaments.

Man has existed on planet Earth for hundreds of thousands of years—and curiosity has been a driving force for our species throughout our history.

“We added to the fauna, and the species richness of this river system—the upper parts of it—and all together that will make a complete study, hopefully, that will help characterize the biodiversity of this beautiful part of the world,” explained Dr. Means. Research like this is important for understanding the world we live in and how the organisms and ecosystem are connected and dependent on each other. In fact, people are aware of the vertebrate animals—of which we're a part—like mammals and fish and birds. Their goal is to deliver legendary biologist and National Geographic Explorer Bruce Means to the top of a massive “island in the sky” known as a tepui. There is a sense of hubris, almost, that we have conquered and mastered planet Earth at this point. Man has existed on planet Earth for hundreds of thousands of years—and curiosity has been a driving force for our species throughout our history.

April 22 is Earth Day, and here are some ways to save your hard-earned money while doing some good.

That's enough to remove 16 pounds of carbon dioxide in a year. Selecting Uber Green pairs riders with a hybrid or electric vehicle for the same price as an UberX trip. Lawncare isn't the most eco-friendly industry, but Sunday eschews harsh chemicals in favor of ingredients like seaweed, iron and molasses. Just use the promo code CHARGEONEARTH at the Electrify Home website. Based in Hoboken, New Jersey, this bedding company is a Certified B Corporation that's been rated climate-neutral and fair-trade-certified. For Earth Day, it's offering 20% of its Smart Lawn Plan subscription service using code GOEARTH20. From ride-share apps to mattress makers, we've curated deals from companies that are offering Earth Day discounts, deals and more. Many of them are also partnering with environmental groups and planting trees. In addition, the company is donating 10% of proceeds from sales of Nest thermostats (up to $500,000) to nonprofits like Habitat for Humanity through the end of the month. In honor of Earth Day, everything on the Stasher site -- from single pieces to 13-piece sets, is 25% off. On Earth Day, The Sak is putting a spotlight on eco-friendly styles and offering shoppers 15% off their purchase with offer code EARTHDAY15. In celebration of Earth Day, the fast-charging station network is offering free vehicle charges on its entire network from 12:01 a.m. ET Friday through 3 a.m. ET Saturday.

The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch in which we are living now. It dates from the time of significant human impact on Earth's geology and ecosystems ...

World Earth Day serves as a timely reminder to assess our individual and organisational habits to see how we can create changes in our local and global environments. Earth Day has a legacy of enacting real change that has sent ripples through the world. It's time for the world to hold sectors accountable for their role in our environmental crisis while also calling for bold, creative, and innovative solutions. World Earth Day serves as a timely reminder to assess our individual and organisational habits to see how we can create changes in our local and global environments. In 2016, the United Nations chose Earth Day as the day to sign the Paris Climate Agreement. Today the initiative leads many campaigns to help educate people worldwide, fight for legislative change and complete on-ground environmental works, including a regenerative agriculture movement. Earth Day has a legacy of enacting real change that has sent ripples through the world.

From quick actionable tips, examples of Sustainability Action Plans, to resources, we arm you to go green this Earth Day. 22 Apr 2022. Gina Fairley.

- Ask yourself first if you need to travel. Film and television has the power to inspire and influence ideas. - Start by planning an itinerary that is as geographically logical as possible and avoids backtracking. Bolts are more durable, better suited to constant dismantling and don’t go in the bin at the next stop. When buying new, consider what things are made of, how they’re made and where they come from. An efficient itinerary reduces kilometres, emissions and cost. Extend those principals to avoiding single-use plastics products across gallery use, composting, and re-purposing of materials – especially installation and packaging materials. Arm yourself with information. He said there are three ways that museums and arts orgs can help the climate journey move forward: So what will you do to make a difference? But despite 50 years of collective campaigning, Climate Action is more urgent than ever. - Strategic waste management – this is more than a recycle receptacle in the kitchen and next to the printer.

Human impact on the planet is undeniable. Though not many of us can claim to have the answer to global warming or food shortages, there are simple ways we ...

A lot of it comes down to poor logistics, but many of us tend to buy more than we need on a consumer level. Cutting single-used plastic is one of the simplest ways we can help minimise trash. And if the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we need a lot less than we think to stay well and happy.

We have made the bold commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by 50 to 52 percent by 2030, reach 100 percent carbon pollution-free ...

Let us stand united in this effort to save our planet and, in the process, strengthen our economy and grow more connected to each other and the world we share. On my first day in office, I fulfilled my promise to rejoin our Nation to the Paris Agreement to tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad. As my Administration implements this agenda, we are following through on our commitment to ensuring that our investments advance equity and justice and reach communities across the country — including rural communities, communities of color, and low-income communities. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build on these actions and accelerate our Nation’s ability to confront the environmental and climate challenges we face. To work toward these goals, we have taken action across every sector of the economy, including setting the strongest-ever standards for greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, tackling super-pollutants like methane and hydrofluorocarbons, investing billions in the deployment of clean technologies, and launching the American offshore wind industry. The climate crisis is upending lives across the country and around the world.

While climate change, plastic pollution, and deforestation continue to pose a threat to global biodiversity, there's no shortage of exemplary destinations that ...

On Friday morning, the Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation is honoring some of the nation’s most essential flora—the mangrove, to be precise. While there’s no shortage of Earth Day-related events going on across the country this year, Belize has gone to great lengths to protect our planet for years on end. To celebrate the bond, the island is kicking off Earth Day with an ode to some of the region’s most vulnerable wildlife—coral, to be precise.

Earth Day is marking 52 years of environmental action in 2022, urging everyone at every level to help tackle the climate crisis.

“It’s heartbreaking watching the devastation that has unfolded – on people, their livelihoods and our beautiful environs. “The longer we wait, the more difficult – and more expensive – it will be to mitigate and adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change.” “We know that active and targeted investments in flood preparedness could greatly increase resilience and reduce the impact of future extreme events – and let’s be candid – more extreme events are on the cards as a result of climate change.” The only thing comforting is knowing that we now have the knowledge to do something about it,” Dr O’Neill said in a statement to TND. The people behind the organisation believe we need to focus on investing in preparedness and proactive flood mitigation, rather than relying on disaster response payments, to help regions withstand the effects of climate change. This year’s theme is ‘Invest In Our Planet’, calling on individuals, businesses and the government to commit to a sustainable future.

On April 22, a billion people from 192 countries around the world will come together to celebrate Earth Day – a day about raising public awareness about ...

As humans, we need this planet more than it needs us, but we are on a dangerous path to a climate change and global warming disaster. Here are a few ways you can celebrate Earth Day – and help protect the planet each and every day: Yet despite celebrating this annual event for over 50 years, our planet is on a fast-track to disaster making the fight for a clean environment more urgent than ever.

Time-lapse satellite images show glacial retreat at Mount Kilimanjaro, Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching, deforestation in Germany and Greenland glacial ...

The company used 15.5 terawatt hours of electricity in 2020, mostly to power its data centres. What has been a boon for archaeologists is also a symptom of the catastrophic threat caused by climate change. They show glacial retreat at the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania between December 1986 and 2020 and glacial melt in Sermersooq, Greenland, between December 2000 and 2020.

Invest in our planet on Earth Day by listening to conservation heroes, including oceanographer Sylvia Earle and wildlife warrior Tim Faulkner, on our Talking ...

Listen to more Talking Australia podcasts, from space exploration to underwater wildlife photography and flying around the world in a bathtub here. You can listen to some of the Australia’s leading lights in environmentalism and conservation, from world-renowned oceanographer, Sylvia Earle, to Australia’s voice of climate change, Tim Flannery, on our podcast Talking Australia. In 2022, Earth Day marks 52 years of encouraging each and every one of us to tackle the climate crisis on our doorstep.

73% of Australian holidaymakers say sustainable travel is important to them, 50% admit recent news about climate change has had an influence.

“We believe that travel is and should continue to be, a powerful source of change, bringing enhanced cultural understanding, socio-economic opportunities for all communities and the ability to rejuvenate and protect our planet long term.” “With the undeniable impact our way of life is having on the environment, and the realities climate change is having on Australia, we are 100% committed to leading the industry in building a more mindful and responsible way of travel,” Ms Ellison said. More than a quarter (26%) of respondents said they’d choose a destination closer to home to reduce their carbon footprint, and a third (29%) admitted they feel ashamed to fly because of its impact on the environment.

Earth Day, celebrated annually on April 22, is a reminder to protect the environment, restore damaged ecosystems and live a more sustainable life.

This year, earthday.org has selected the theme, ‘Invest In Our Planet’. It explains, “This is the moment to change it all — the business climate, the political climate, and how we take action on climate. We have been seeing a spurt of climate events over the last decade or more that have affected millions of people, from extreme heat to wildfires and floods. “The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet – and its people.

CMO rounds up several Australian and global brands investing in sustainability themed campaigns and experiential activities in recognition of this year's ...

Insights are based on consumer sentiment of more than 10,000 individuals globally gleaned through iStock’s three-year-old creative insights platform, Visual GPS. Specifically, this indicated a level of consistency in people’s commitment towards living a sustainable lifestyle, showing percentages above 90 per cent since the summer of 2020 to 2021. That’s why we are making it simple for Alexa customers to help support reforestation efforts by donating a tree just by using their voice,” the company stated on its website. Alongside consumer donations, Amazon is donating $1 million to plant a total of 1 million trees between April and December 2022. The content is designed to explore concepts of nature interconnectedness as a psychological construct, unpicking humanity’s shared place within nature. The aim of the campaign is to give Pinners how-tos and tips for dressing, living, eating and travelling more sustainably. This year’s program is a step up for the business, which has been recognising Earth Day for several year. According to the World Economic Forum, an estimated 85 per cent of all textiles end up in landfill annually, enough to fill Sydney Harbour every year. Employee were given the choice of signing up to multiple activities, all tracked via Qlik’s platform, such as choosing a plant-based diet, carpooling or other shared rides, cleanup activities around their location, picking up trash while jogging and walk (known as ‘plogging’ in Sweden) and sustainability quizzes to test knowledge around the environment. In addition, Pinterest said it’s engaging with creators around the world under the theme, ‘Inspire a Better Future’, featuring a Creator Original series centre around educational content and actionable tips for making more sustainable choices across Pinterest’s top categories of food, fashion, beauty, wellness, home and travel. While the marketing chief was keen for people to see the sculpture in-person, Sendle has also worked with partners to bring the campaign to people online and via social channels. Globally, Pinterest cited searches for ‘zero waste tips’ are up 6X, ‘recycling clothes ideas’ are 4X higher and ‘recycled home décor’ is up 95 per cent compared to last year. “The campaign aims to drive awareness of the environmental impact of our online shopping addiction.

To mark Earth Day 2022, Friday April 22, hotel and accommodation businesses are proving their commitment to the theme 'Invest in our planet'.

Also, at InterContinental Bora Bora Resort Thalasso Spa, apartnership with Espace Bleu allows guests to experience the coral nursery and do their bit to regenerate the reef. Guests are supplied with reef-safe sunscreen which is a biologically safer sunscreen alternative and are gifted a reusable water bottle upon check-in to reinforce the ban on single-use plastics.” Also in the IHG portfolio, voco continues to drive sustainability initiatives across its hotels. The resort has also teamed up with Anything Environmental to reduce waste through recycling. Not only has this reduced energy and greenhouse gas emissions but has provided a cost saving of between 20 and 45% annually, and we haven’t stopped there.” The Calile in Brisbane has also taken an innovative approach to sustainability, from ethically-sourced architectural elements to a minimal plastic policy.

The state of climate policy is not good. While emissions are rising, countries and firms are backtracking on climate action. The US climate movement must ...

But there is more to the story, at least in the U.S. At the strategic level, the climate movement probably has shown a lack of willingness to compromise. Could the climate movement transform itself to become more humble and stick to the decarbonization message? Think of the Build Back Better bill which is now stalled in the Senate. Senator Manchin has indicated his willingness to support a slimmer bill which focuses on climate issues only. One might argue that there is a clear momentum behind decarbonizing electricity sector and electrification of the automobile industry. President Biden has released oil from the Strategic Oil Reserves, has asked the oil industry to pump more, and is contemplating suspending the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax. Not surprisingly, politicians want to invest their political capital in say fighting inflation, improving the economy, and reducing crime, as opposed to climate policy. EU countries with North Sea gas fields, such as Denmark, are stepping up gas production to replace Russian gas (Europe annually imports 40% of its gas from Russia; its imports bill for oil and gas stood at $850 million per day). It seems the natural gas boom is affecting countries in North Africa (such as Algeria) and the Middle East (such as Qatar). In spite of the net-zero rhetoric, banks continue to finance fossil fuel projects, thereby creating even greater economic and political hurdles for energy transition. · President Biden’s 2022 State of the Union mentioned climate change only twice. Now the climate policy trajectory is wobbly, although the need for quick and drastic climate action could not be more pressing. According to the US Energy Information Administration, in 2021 the share of electricity generated from coal increased for the first time since 2014. Not surprisingly, by 2021, temperatures have already increased by over 1.1 Celsius (2 Fahrenheit) and if current emission trajectories continue, temperatures will probably rise beyond 2.0 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. The disconnect between talk and action is shocking.

Climate change campaigners kicked off a wave of protests for Earth Day on Friday, pushing demands such as an immediate halt to European imports of Russian ...

They come three weeks after a U.N. climate scientist report warned there is little time left for reining in greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. The EU gets 40% of its gas from Russia. "It's wartime. Parts of Lviv were hit this week by Russian missile strikes that killed seven people. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Our activities and climate change is threatening the planet, and we need to do everything we can to conserve and protect our home. Earth Day reminds us of the ...

For 2022, the movement seeks to highlight the importance of collaboration and investing our resources and energy in the race to net-zero emissions. But we have all the tools and options to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This included the Clean Air Act (1970), the Clean Water Act amendment (1972), and the 1973 Endangered Species Act. In 2016, the United Nations also chose Earth Day to sign the Paris Agreement, the world’s most important and comprehensive climate agreement for limiting global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century. It’s been kept on the same day to encourage even more college students to join in celebrations and protests, and every year, thousands of rallies, concerts, and outdoor activities are organised worldwide. Our activities and climate change is threatening the planet, and we need to do everything we can to conserve and protect our home. Prior to the first Earth Day, Americans were guzzling up vast amounts of leaded petrol – the global use of which has since been eradicated – and deadly smog and polluting smoke were accepted daily occurrences.

Earth Day prompts companies all over the world to showcase their green initiatives and tap into consumer demand for climate action.

Our chance to keep warming to 1.5C is quickly slipping out of reach — yet we already have the tools needed to prevent the worst of the climate crisis. The way to win the race for talent is tolead on climate. A company can go further and faster through shared learning and working together to overcome barriers and find innovative solutions. Companies need to clearly and publicly push for meaningful climate policy. Address climate and chemical impacts across your global supply chain and protect the health of consumers by reducing emissions and toxic ingredients in your products. Companies face growing pressure from investors, employees, nonprofits and other stakeholders to put their lobbying muscle behind their climate goals.

On Feb. 6, 1969, state forestry conservation crews gathered up oil-soaked straw on a beach in Santa Barbara. Earth Day, inspired by the spill, helped spur ...

But the question may be to what extent are we going to suffer and who’s going to be doing the suffering.” “That is why I plan to see to it that a national teach-in is held.” And that’s created a more aggressive mood among those affected most by the trials of life on a dying planet: young people. And on April 22, 1970, more than one in 10 Americans participated in 12,000 Earth Day-related teach-ins and events, most of them in secondary schools and on college campuses. Up to that point, it was the single-largest spill in U.S. history and stirred an existential panic in the senator. He saw firsthand the devastation in the wake of the estimated 100,000 barrels' worth of crude oil stretching out on the coastline, spanning 35 miles from Goleta to Ventura.

In a recent Q&A with Claus Aagaard, CFO of Mars, I discussed how his company is integrating carbon footprint reduction goals into business strategy and how ...

Innovation is critical building block to both our mid-term financial and strategic planning processes – it is woven into how we look at business performance within our planning cycles to ensure key investments are funded, and trade-offs are made accordingly. As a private company, we can afford to take a long-term perspective around innovation; the diversity of our portfolio allows us to be patient in certain areas while achieving highly accretive, quick wins in others. We’re now starting to see the impact as we work to drive down emissions and eliminate deforestation in our supply chain with our efforts to simplify our palm oil supply chain. I was proud to work with our teams to put us in a position to announce that Mars is aiming to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across our full value chain by 2050. Claus Aagaard: For companies to achieve material impact on climate issues, it must be an integrated part of the company strategy and strategic resource allocation. Accountabilities that now fall within the CFO’s purview include measuring organizations’ impact on climate and contributing to strategies to reduce carbon emissions to net zero.

English News and Press Release on Haiti and 2 other countries about Climate Change and Environment, Disaster Management and more; published on 22 Apr 2022 ...

“If you lack data on climate and weather, you are risking more than 30 percent of the success of that harvest,” he says. Marc is a farmer in the Central Department. He was supported by WFP to build drainage and irrigation canals that now enable him to grow new crops including eggplant, cabbage, spinach, spring onions and beetroot. In 2021, the World Food Programme (WFP) worked with over 1.1 million people in the Caribbean to support their protection against climate impacts. She used the money to purchase food and for her children’s school fees. In 2021, WFP assisted 80,000 people in six departments to plant 73,000 trees and rehabilitate 2,500 metres of flood protection dikes and 6,264 meters of drainage canals. The climate crisis is changing the entire world.

For Earth Day, Google's Doodle shows time lapses of the climate crisis across the globe. The GIFs depict melting glaciers, stressed corals, ...

In the past, Google has come under scrutiny from advocacy groups over climate-denying ads that slipped past its policy banning such misinformation. Two other GIFs show glaciers vanishing from Sermersooq, Greenland, and from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania over several decades. Under stress, including rising ocean temperatures, corals lose that algae in a depressing phenomenon called “ bleaching.”

The search engine published a series of time lapses from Google Earth, depicting deforestation, melting glaciers, coral bleaching and retreating snow cover.

by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) found that across the world, an extreme weather event or climate disaster had occurred every day on average over the last 50 years, a five-fold increase in frequency over that period. The time lapses are in contrast with last year's more optimistic doodle, which had a "Restore Our Earth" theme. Earth Day is an annual event held on April 22 to raise awareness for environmental protection.

Sadly, coverage of today's Earth Day celebrations will be dominated by a combination of 'feel-good' activities like planting trees or cleaning up garbage ...

For instance, the billion-plus energy impoverished who suffer here and now from indoor air pollution would probably embrace propane or even coal-fired electricity over wood stoves and dried dung, while the rich would tsk and offer cake in the distant future to those wanting bread. (Okay, Extinction Rebellion hasn’t been around long enough to have a long history; I’ll get back to you in a decade.) My favorite of today’s stories: “In the United States, activists from the Extinction Rebellion group blockaded a New York newspaper printing facility, where they called for more media coverage of climate change.” Really, that’s the problem? Unfortunately, there will be a lot more heat than light, as they say, with the most attention going to the loudest, most extreme voices on left and right (mostly on left). Groups like Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion will be given a platform (virtual and actual), despite their long history of unscientific claims.

For Earth Day, scientists and conservationists reflect on how nature's beauty and resilience offer them hope.

We are on a steep learning curve with these corals and the reefs they build, but it’s what we don’t know that leads us to discovery and holds the hope of finding that path. In the Mekong region of Southeast Asia, where I live and work, I believe that forests can be protected by better management. Sedimentation from deforestation decades ago was the likely cause of its demise, and despite Costa Rica’s improvements in reforestation, it was doubtful that the species could recover on its own. Livestock in the Amazon is of very low productivity, and most pastures degrade in less than a decade, leading cattle ranchers to abandon their farms. When we remember that Mother Earth is alive, that the soil is alive and that the plants are just as alive as we are — that is when we begin to heal. Still, when they sit on a crane, or some debris poking out of the waters of the Thames, drying their wings in the sun, they look like dragons to me and remind me that magic is real. In most of these areas, a very agile process of regeneration of the rainforest begins. I am particularly obsessed with one specific acacia tree, an umbrella thorn near Pupu village in Rupa Sub-county. I check on it from time to time on Google Earth. I have taken so many photographs of it in so many conditions — on days after it had rained and flooded, on very hot days when it offered much-needed shelter from the afternoon sun. Studies indicate that the Amazon rainforest is now very close to a tipping point where between 50 and 70 percent of the forest will be converted into open, degraded ecosystems, releasing more than 300 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. The wild rice is a great source of food, not just for the humans, but for the animals, the birds and the insects. The image shows Quechua-speaking women from the Juan Velasco Alvarado community in Peru participating in a project to restore ecosystem services provided by the rainforest, such as regulating the flow of water and pulling carbon out of the air. Every morning of this difficult spring, I have tumbled out of bed and immediately gone to check on the vegetable seedlings growing on my windowsill.