Climate / Sustainability
Earth Day
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Overview
Why Earth Day still matters
Earth Day is the modern environmental movement’s biggest annual public-action date, linking education, campaigns, cleanups, demonstrations and local projects around 22 April.
EARTHDAY.ORG traces Earth Day back to 22 April 1970 and describes it as a movement that now mobilizes more than a billion people annually.
People use the day for community cleanups, school material, climate education, tree planting, civic actions, rallies and local environmental events.
The annual theme and event map are useful signals for the environmental issues likely to dominate schools, cities, NGOs and public campaigns that year.
The official site publishes event listings, take-action pages, educational material, toolkits and campaign updates.