Earth Day will be celebrated around the world on April 22, and four-star charity Earth Day Network is encouraging environmental awareness and education now and throughout the year. The organization’s mission is “to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.”
“Growing out of the first Earth Day (on April 22, 1970),
Earth Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental
movement, working with more than 75,000 partners in nearly 192 countries to
build environmental democracy,” the nonprofit states on its website. “More than
1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it
the largest civic observation in the world.”
Earth Day Networks works “year-round on projects, programs,
and campaigns that support environmental conservation, environmental
protection, climate activism and advocacy, and advancing the green economy.”
“Our education work focuses on efforts to green schools –
from energy efficiency upgrades to improving school food – and supporting
educators with resources to teach and inspire the next generation of
environmental leaders. Our conservation and greening efforts include planting
trees to reforest environmentally critical areas of the globe and increase the
urban tree canopy, and protecting clean air and water. Our advocacy efforts
focus on engaging local leaders and global citizens of all ages and from all
walks of life with campaigns to end plastic pollution, to protect our species,
to act on climate and advance clean energy.”
