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Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) [1] including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. [2][1][3] In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco ...
Clean-up (environment) A cleanup or clean-up is a form of environmental volunteering where a group of people get together to pick-up and dispose of litter in a designated location. [1][2][3][4] Cleanups can take place on a street, in a neighborhood, at a park, on a water stream, or other public spaces. [5] Cleanup events are often volunteer run ...
Keep America Beautiful cleanup volunteers in 2021. Keep America Beautiful is a nonprofit organization founded in 1953. It is the largest community improvement organization in the United States, with more than 700 state and community-based affiliate organizations and more than 1,000 partner organizations.
Environmental protection. Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, groups and governments. [ 1 ] Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where it is possible, to repair damage and reverse trends.
PARK (ing) Day [ de ][ 132 ][ 133 ][ 134 ] 09: Third Friday in September. World Cleanup Day [ 135 ] 09: September 16, 2023, Third Saturday in September. National Cleanup Day [ 136 ] 09: September 18, 2021, Third Saturday in September. International Red Panda Day [ 137 ] 09: Third Saturday of September.
In the 29th century, Earth is a garbage-strewn wasteland due to an ecocide caused by rampant consumerism, corporate greed, and environmental neglect. [19] Humanity was evacuated to space by the megacorporation Buy n Large (BnL) on giant starliners 700 years prior, leaving trash-compacting robots to clean up the planet.
World Cleanup Day is a global social action program aimed at combating the global solid waste problem, including the problem of marine debris. It is held annually on 20 September, and is coordinated by the global organization Let's Do It! World, whose headquarters are located in Tallinn, Estonia [1]. World Cleanup Day includes litter cleanup ...
Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long period of time. Definitions of this term are disputed and have varied with literature, context, and time. [ 2 ][ 1 ] Sustainability usually has three dimensions (or pillars): environmental, economic, and social. [ 1 ]