Earth Day is celebrated worldwide on April 22 yearly to raise public awareness about the environment and inspire people to save and protect it. The theme for this year’s Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our Earth” which focuses on natural processes and emerging green technologies that can restore the world’s ecosystems.
What happen’s on Earth Day?
Earth Day’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Earth Day seeks to encourage people to change, holding those responsible for the world’s environmental crisis to account, while also calling for bold, creative, and innovative solutions.
You also might be wondering who came up with Earth Day. Well first I would like to say that this person went through alot of critism but got there eventually. We only have one earth, so we need to take care of her. That’s what Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin believed. He was disturbed that an issue as important as our environment was not addressed in politics or by the media, so he created the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970.
Who celebrates Earth day?
Around 192 countries celebrate’s Earths Day. Some of them are Australia, Canada, South Africa Moldova, Philipense, Spain, India, Great Britain and Japan.
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle, in full Sylvia Alice Earle, (born August 30, 1935, Gibbstown, New Jersey, U.S.), American oceanographer and explorer known for her research on marine algae and her books and documentaries designed to raise awareness of the threats that overfishing and pollution pose to the world’s oceans.
She founded Mission Blue, an organization dedicated to protecting the ocean from threats such as climate change, pollution, habitat destruction, invasive species, and the dramatic decrease in ocean fish stocks.
Some of her books:
- Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans.
- The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One.
- National Geographic Atlas of the Ocean: The Deep Frontier (National Geographic)
- The Oceans.
- Dive: My Adventures In the Deep Frontier (My Adventures)
My favourite book:
National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey is a great book and is my favourite its for all ages, it is one of her newest books made in 2021.
One Sapling at a time – Google
Here are some famous Earth Quotes :
“I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things we could use.”
—Mother Teresa
“The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.”
-Lady Bird Johnson
“The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
—John Paul II
Hi Lilly, my name is Nóirín and I’m your mam’s English teacher. She sent me a link to your blog and I have really enjoyed reading it.
I’m really impressed by your knowledge of world events and especially your interest in environmental matters and climate change. Your articles are well thought out and I think they will be very inspirational for people who read your blog. It is wonderful to see young people like you who are so passionate about the environment because you are the leaders of the future.
Your blog is very professional and well laid out. I loved your tags which allowed me to read more about the topics. It is all very creative and colourful.
You are obviously a very talented girl and I can see why your mam is so proud of you. I look forward to reading more of your work and wish you all the best of luck and happiness in Secondary School.