Good Things In Our World are Getting Better and Better! Let’s keep on working hard to keep it that way!
Have you wondered what is all the hype about Earth Day? Earth Day is an annual event in support of environmental protection. It is actually recognised as the largest civic event in the world and is celebrated on April 22 every year. The day aims to:
- raise awareness about climate change and global warming and environmental challenges
- inspires people to act towards the protection of the environment
- focuses on the need for conservation
In spring 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson in the US created Earth Day as a way to force this issue onto the national agenda. Twenty million Americans then demonstrated in different U.S. cities, and it worked! Now this event is celebrated around the world. People take time to be grateful for humankind’s connection to the Earth and celebrate Earth Day. For example, planting saplings not only cools things down (these help to decrease a city’s temperature by up to 10 degrees) but it also cleans the air and gives off more oxygen, along with numerous other benefits.
Celebrating Earth Day serves as a conscious reminder of how fragile our planet is and how important it is to protect it. We celebrate Earth Day to continue promoting environmental awareness and it reminds us that we can protect the earth in our everyday lives as well.
Here are 10 small ways to volunteer and make a difference this Earth Day:
- Clean up a local beach.
- Plant a garden at your home or school.
- Sign an environmental action petition.
- Start a conversation & help to restore bird habitats.
- Try to buy a reusable water bottle and use reusable carrier bags.
- Plant a tree.
- Buy organic foods and products.
- Replace plastic products with glass.
- Compost/ degrade the waste
- Eliminate the use of household cleaners with toxic ingredients.
Just like how we started off in this blog, good Things In Our World Are Getting Better and Better! Let’s keep on working hard to keep it that way!
On the positive side:
- Access to Water: Between 1980 and today, global access to safe water sources has increased from 58% to 91%.
- Agricultural Output: Annual cereal yield has nearly tripled since 1960 so innovative ways have to be found so that we are over burdening the lands.
- Electricity Usages and access has increased so we need to work on not overusing them.
- Recycling Efforts have increased
- Protected Nature Reserves have increased
- Scientific Research has increased
- Immunization From Diseases has increased
- Global Literacy has increased
- Female Education has increased
A lot of ground has been covered but a lot more work needs to be undertaken. Let’s join hands together and move forward positively but with determination to make a difference.
Earth Day Inspiration:
- “The Earth is what we all have in common.”
- “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
- “Time spent among trees is never time wasted.”
Something that we believe in Go Eco Love is that Earth Day is every day. Let’s look after the beautiful earth we live in.