From an agricultural standpoint, Earth Day has been warmly embraced although nuances have made it an uneasy relationship for farmers and ranchers. “We need to prepare our citizens for what we know will inevitably be the green industrial revolution-regardless of what Trump says, it’s coming”. Environmental education leads to brighter, greener future for our planet.
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By 1970, we drove big gas guzzling cars, factories belched out caustic smog, and sludge was released into the waterways.
“As an Indian, I feel that unfortunately we are losing our emotional connect with the environment”. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. With climate change denial now a dominant outlook in the White House, it is more pertinent than ever that we mark Earth Day.
In 1970 the goal was to raise public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and the link between pollution and public health.
Celebrated every year on April 22, Earth Day aims to encourage people across the world to be more environmentally friendly.
It’s time once again for a favored holiday in the world of landscaping: Earth Day.
Perhaps these things were just easier to understand and visualize – people dying from toxins in the air, sea creatures covered in oil and a river through a major US city bursting into flames – than something as abstract as global warming or climate change, which is the primary concern of environmentalists today.
There are endless ways for all of us to get involved in Earth Day 2017 no matter where we are.
“EDN has set a target to bring environmental literacy among 10 million youths and one million women in India in the next one decade”, Karuna Singh, Director – Earth Day Network (EDN), India, told IANS. This family friendly event features more than 300 exhibitors, special theme areas, a children’s activity area, and entertainment venues. Overall, temperatures are rising, snow and rainfall patterns are shifting and more extreme climate events like hurricanes, record-high temperatures and record amounts of snowfall are already happening. For more information, visit http://www.gardenofgods.com/educational/edu-1/earth-day. “These were business leaders who recognized that the enjoyment of the environment and the earth was part of having a successful business”. Admission to national parks on Earth Day is free for everyone. The options are endless; just use your imagination! Show your love for this corner of the planet by attending one of these local events in celebration of Earth Day.
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Why is it April 22?
