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Earth Day goes big & virtual again

Greenability Magazine

This Earth Day will be bigger than ever, offering the public the opportunity to join events around the world as it will be mostly virtual again in response to COVID-19. Earth Day will be celebrated with live, interactive events in Kansas City and worldwide. On the first Earth Day in 1970, U.S.

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Earth Day 22nd April – Importance of protecting our nature amid the Virus spread!

Econaur

22 April is Earth Day. Earth day 2020 is not just the 50 th anniversary of Earth Day, but also the anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement to take climate action. ” Background on Earth Day. The first Earth Day took place in 1970. Earth Day in 2020.

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How to celebrate Earth Day virtually in 2020

AGreenLiving

With social distancing in full force this Earth Day , the 50th anniversary of this environmental movement is certainly one for the history books. Just because you can’t go outside in large groups this year doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of inventive ways to celebrate Earth, though.

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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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Matter of opinion: What the 2021 Earth Day polls reveal

GreenBiz

Matter of opinion: What the 2021 Earth Day polls reveal. For more than a decade, this has been the time of year — the run-up to Earth Day — when I’ve surveyed the public opinion polls, of which there have been many, to assess consumer and citizen trends on environmental issues, notably related to shopping. Joel Makower.

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Good health depends on a stable climate. This fellowship teaches health professionals how to advocate for both.

Grist

And it’s not hard for people who were trained as clinicians to see that there’s another practice that they can learn, which is community organizing.” In teams of three or four, fellows learned principles of organizing and worked toward climate advocacy projects in their own communities.

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Sport Industry Sustainability: 5 Simple Steps to Kick-Start Your Sustainability Program

Green Business Bureau

With this in mind, in Europe, the Green Sports Alliance have brought large football organizations together to push for environmentally friendly ways to enjoy these games. Also, take a moment to consider the construction process which institutes the use of large construction vehicles, and demands mass amounts of raw materials.