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From Google to North Face: Six of the best Earth Day announcements

Business Green

On its 50th anniversary and in the midst of the worst global crisis in living memory, this year's Earth Day had a particular power and resonance. I've always been somewhat ambivalent about Earth Day. We're good at having Earth Days, but Earth Years? Not so much. The public gets it.

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On the agenda this Earth Day: A global treaty to end plastic pollution

Grist

Happy Earth Day (and Earth Week, and Earth Month) — a time of year when sustainability is elevated in the global consciousness, and my inbox is full of vaguely greenwashy PR pitches. But it struck me that Earth Day 2024 has a particularly timely theme: Planet vs. Plastics.

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How the recycling symbol lost its meaning

Grist

It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time Earth Day special , letting out heavy sighs and listing jumbled statistics about deforestation and the hole in the ozone layer. I recycle these.” Recycling rules can be downright mystifying.

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Deepak Chopra, The Earth Day Network, H.R.H.

Earth Gratitude

Deepak Chopra, The Earth Day Network, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales: The Global Earth Day Gratitude Celebration and Ebook Deepak Chopra, The Earth Day Network, Life is Good, Ron Finley, Rainbow Light Join in the Global Earth Day Gratitude Celebration April 22, 2016. Ebook features H.R.H.

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33 Earth Day Ideas for Employees: How To Engage Remote Workers To Be More Sustainable in 2023

Green Business Bureau

Earth Day Ideas for Companies and Their Employees Earth Day week is a great time to engage employees and accelerate progress on your sustainability program. Here are some tips for employees on what you can do to make a direct impact on Earth Day and every day after that.

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Earth Day Ideas for Employees: How To Engage Remote Workers To Be More Sustainable At Home

Green Business Bureau

Earth Day Ideas for Companies and Their Employees. This article discusses some Earth Day ideas for employees, tactics for engaging workers from home and encouraging them to do their part in protecting the environment and reducing carbon emissions to fight climate change. Switch to efficient lights.

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Become a citizen scientist with an app

Greenability Magazine

You can help scientists track plastic pollution and air quality as part of Earth Challenge 2020 by making simple observations from your home and recording them on a phone app. The Earth Day Network, Wilson Center and U.S. To participate, go to Earth Challenge 2020 to download the app. Photo: Bo Eide / CC.