Call for action
Earth Day is an annual event observed around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first observed in 1970, so this year marks 50 years of its celebration. The day includes events coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries.
Earth Day was a unified response to an environment in crisis — oil spills, smog, rivers so polluted they literally caught fire. On April 22, 1970, 20 million American citizens took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet. The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement.
The theme for Earth Day 2020 is Climate Action, representing the enormous challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable. On Earth Day 2020, the plan is that we seize all the tools and actions that we have, big and small, to change our lives and our world, not for one day, but forever. While the coronavirus may have forced us to keep our distance, we can use the time to make sure going forward into the future we make sure we build a better life for each of us and the generations to come.
What do you think you can do to make our planet Earth a better place to live in?
Here is a game for you to play in the meantime, while think of the different ways to make Earth happy. Can you spot all the differences?
