The
environmental movement is one of the most successful social change movements.
Popularizing Earth Day celebrations can be credited with bringing the movement
to the mainstream. Through grassroots efforts, festivals, fairs, assemblies and
concerts have helped popularize concern for our environment in the public's mind.
Since so many people participate in Earth Day activities, Earth Day is the perfect
opportunity to get people to tap-into the better world movement, so that
they can find the inspiration and encouragement to continue activities for a more
peaceful, just and sustainable world all year long.
When
is Earth Day? Actually, there are 3 Earth Days - 3 dates that are dedicated to
helping raise awareness about the health and well being of the land, skies and
water of our planet Earth. The original Earth Day is celebrated on the Spring
Equinox each year (In 2006 it falls on March 20). April 22 is the date
that most people know as Earth Day. Both of these Earth Days were first celebrated
in 1970. In 1972, the United Nations designated June 5 as World Environment
Day to commemorate the opening of the Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm
that year, which ultimately led to the creation of the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), the main UN body devoted to protecting our environment.
There
are many different ecological issues to raise awareness about, on Earth Day and
all year long - global climate change, protecting wildlife habitat, preventing
pollution and cleaning up polluted air, water and land, conserving our natural
resources, and many other issues … What's your ecological passion?
Spring
Equinox
(March 20, 2006)
Earth Society Foundation
April
22, 2006
Earthday Network
June
5, 2006
World
Environment Day
UN's
Dag Hammarskjold Library Links
Documents
Earth
Charter
77
Theses on the Care of the Earth
United
Nations
UN
Works for the Environment
Issues
on the UN Agenda: Environment
United
Nations Environment Network
Organizations
Care2.com
Changing
The Present: Environment
Co-op
America
Earth First
Earth
Future
Earth Society Foundation
Environmental Defense
Fund
Greenpeace International
Natural Resources Defense Council
Renew
America
Solar Electric Light
Fund
Quotes
for the Earth
Environment
Day Handout - PDF
(distribute freely
with copyright notice)
A
CALENDAR OF DAYS
To Celebrate Hope
For A Better World
and
to unite and mobilize
The Better World Movement...
January
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September
| October
| November | December
