Sign in with Facebook
  • Facebook Page: 128172154133
  • Twitter: EarthProtect1

Subscribe to this list via RSS Blog posts tagged in Earth Day

Posted by on in Agriculture
The deadline to apply for the 2012 Toyota Earth Day Scholarship Program, providing twenty $5000 scholarships to graduating high school students, is Jan. 31.   Earth Day Canada recently launched the scholarship for students who have distinguished themselves through environmental community se...
Continue reading
Hits: 4670 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Climate Change
It's been more than 40 years since the first Earth Day and the founding of the modern environmental movement -- an awakening to the notion that human beings can, and do, have a profound impact on the planet. If Republicans in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail have their way, the nation...
Continue reading
Hits: 4575 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
Friday was an important day for everyone, and I’m not speaking of religious circles. Friday was Earth Day 2011. And whether you think about it or not, or you care about it or not, I believe we are lucky to have people out there who do care enough to do what’s best for our planet. We need it to survi...
Continue reading
Hits: 2459 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in General Environment
Earth Day isn't good for my health. I've got to stop observing it. Actually, I don't. Normally. Observe it. Or rather I prefer to think of every day as Earth Day. It probably has something to do with when I came of age—the late '60s, early '70s. It hit me over the head (my recollection is that the m...
Continue reading
Hits: 3425 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
  Earth Day is a reminder about the importance of environmental protection and sustainability. Most importantly, it reminds us that we can a make a difference when it comes to our planet. The first Earth Day celebration was held in 1970 and it launched the modern  environmental movemen...
Continue reading
Hits: 2229 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Sustainable Development
As omens go, dead birds raining from the sky can be seen as pretty predictive of grim times environmentally. Catastrophic, even. And the seers would have been right. A volcano darkened the skies of Europe. Crude oil spread its foul sheen over the Gulf. Ice caps and glaciers continued to retreat. A ...
Continue reading
Hits: 2490 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Arts and Entertainment
Hello,Earth Day 2011 is an important day. It's a reminder to ourselves to keep a close watch on nature, ecology and ourselves as visitors on this planet earth. In honor of this day, I'm giving away my 2008 album Big Mother for a free download (click here), and I hope this album will touch you and m...
albert_beger
Continue reading
Hits: 2008 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Peace
The aim of Earth Day 2011 is to gather at least one billion acts of services to the environment by the time the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development rolls around, otherwise known as Rio+20. So far the Earth Day Network has recorded over 70 million Acts of Green as part of E...
Continue reading
Tagged in: Earth Day
Hits: 2606 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Environmental Heroes
Need something to do for Earth Day? Here are several Earth Day links to choose from. EARTH DAY LINKS DLTK's Crafts for Kids features an entire section on craft-making for Earth Day. You'll find songs, coloring pages and construction paper crafts, plus some entertaining online games.Earth ...
Continue reading
Tagged in: April 20 Earth Day
Hits: 1929 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Food
Just in time for Earth Day, April 22, European scientists released a groundbreaking report linking meat consumption to nitrogen pollution. Nitrogen pollution? What on earth is nitrogen pollution? Nitrogen is commonly used to fertilize crops. Between 70 and 80 percent of agricultural greenhouse gas e...
Continue reading
Hits: 2022 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Peace
By Jane Lubchenco | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Forty years ago, the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson gave birth to Earth Day when he stood up for the environment, calling upon the American people to come together for a simple teach-in on the environment. The first Earth Day was a catal...
Continue reading
Hits: 3303 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Peace
A Wisconsin senator's idea mobilized a green generationBY ROCKY BARKER (http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/17/1152179/one-man-one-moment-how-earth-day.html) One U.S. senator and a core of young organizers made April 22, 1970, the day the environmental movement began. That day, 20 million Americ...
Continue reading
Hits: 3545 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Peace
Forty years after the first Earth Day , the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future. Earth Da...
earth_day_2010logo
Continue reading
Tagged in: Earth Day
Hits: 2072 0 Comments
0

Posted by on in Peace
The United Nations celebrates Earth Day each year on the spring equinox, which is often 20 March. This is a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969. The United Nations Earth Day is similar to World Environment Day. Earth Day 2010 will be on 22 April. The First Earth Day...
earth_day_flag
Continue reading
Tagged in: Earth Day
Hits: 1876 0 Comments
0

81595f2dd9db45846609c618f993af1c

© Earth Protect