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Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and yet brings people all over the world into one resonating accord, is devoted to the preservation of the harmony in nature and yet draws upon the triumphs of technology, the measurement ...
Earth Day Sunday is a semi-religious holiday that some Christian churches in the United States celebrate on the Sunday before Earth Day (Earth Day Sunday is always on the third Sunday in April). The day is to raise awareness of the issue of the environment. Earth Day Sunday is also known as Earth Sunday.
The Shakertown Pledge is a written oath created to draw attention to the inequality of worldwide wealth distribution. It was written on April 30, 1973, in a town near Lexington, Kentucky , which was historically connected to the Shaker Movement .
Themed “Our Shared Home,” this year’s Call to Earth Day focuses on bridging the gap between humans and wildlife. Over 200,000 participants, including 235 schools, took part this year.
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]
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.
On his last full day in office, Biden traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, where he spoke at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church to celebrate Martin Luther King Day early.
John McConnell was born on March 22, 1915, in Davis City, Iowa, United States.He was the son of a Pentecostal preacher [9] and traveling doctor. [6] His first interest in the Earth began in 1939 while partnering with Albert Nobell, a chemist, in the Nobell Research Laboratory in Los Angeles that built a factory for the manufacture of plastics. [6]