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The church's 2010 Earth Care Pledge summarizes critical aspects of creation restoration in four resolutions: worship, education, energy-efficient church facilities, and community outreach for environmental justice. Denominational resources on earth-care for local congregations stay available for distribution. [56]
Teach kids how to care for and celebrate our planet with these fun Earth Day activities. Find ideas for all ages, ranging from preschoolers to adults. 20 fun things you can do to celebrate Earth Day
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.
The primary march, organized by Earth Day Network and March for Science, in Washington, D.C., began at 10 AM with a rally and teach-in on the grounds of the Washington Monument, featuring speeches by concerned citizens alternating with scientists and engineers; including Denis Hayes, co-founder of the first Earth Day in 1970 and Bill Nye. [55]
Students from Cornerstone Learning Community in Florida planted wiregrass on Call to Earth Day. Together, they planted over 700 seeds to help restore the native wiregrass ecosystem.
Credit: Scott Haskell / BDN Right; About 30 students at the University of Maine donned green paint and nothing else to celebrate Earth Day while touring the campus on bicycles in this 2010 file photo.
Buddhist monks in Cambodia on a march in the Areng Valley in support of environmental conservation.. Religion and environmentalism is an emerging interdisciplinary subfield in the academic disciplines of religious studies, religious ethics, the sociology of religion, and theology amongst others, with environmentalism and ecological principles as a primary focus.
The pledge was first established at Humboldt State University, California, in 1987.It originated at a time when social responsibility became a widely discussed theme in the wake of 1978 reconstitution of Physicians for Social Responsibility to involve doctors in policy discussions about nuclear power, the 1981 founding of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, and the socially ...