21 Apr Earth Day 2022
April 22nd is Earth Day!
The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life and is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. The passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and many other groundbreaking environmental laws soon followed.
In 1990, twenty years later, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage.
In 2010, Earth Day Network launched The Canopy Project. Deforestation is the second leading cause of climate change and a major driver of biodiversity loss. “EARTHDAY.ORG recognizes that planting billions of trees across the world is one of the biggest and cheapest ways of taking CO2 out of the atmosphere to tackle the climate crisis. Not only do forests act as carbon sinks, but they also provide vital habitat for animals and ecological services for humans, such as purifying the air we breathe and regulating local temperatures.”
More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world.
Links to learn more about The Canopy Project and Earthday.org
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