Special occasions to highlight sustainability and care for the natural world

[Boyd Roberts]

Special occasions to highlight sustainability and care for the natural world

 Earth Hour approaches

Saturday 30 March 2019

8.30pm

 Earth Hour is an annual event for an hour from 8.30pm on the last Saturday in March – this year on Saturday 30^th March. It is organised by WWF International and volunteer organisations.

(Earth Hour is different from Mother Earth Day (a United Nations-designated day)

 During Earth Hour, people are encouraged to reduce energy expenditure by turning off lights and/or organising other events related to sustainability and protection of the natural world.

You can join in events taking place locally, or organise one of your own, and post it to the Earth Hour website.

For more details, including a special tool kit for young people and schools, visit:

https://www.earthhour.org/earth-hour-around-world

 

Earth Day

22 April 2019

 Earth Day or, officially, International Mother Earth Day, is now an officially recognised and designated United nations day. It falls on 22 April each year.

 Earth Day events and activities are organised and coordinated by Earth Day Network (EDN)

https://www.earthday.org/earthday/

See also

Earth Day India

https://www.earthday.org/about/earth-day-india/

 Earth Day Network promotes a number of actions, including:

• Eat less meat
• Reduce your footprint
• Plant a tree / Donate to plant a tree
• Make your own act of green
• End plastic pollution
• Take the pesticide pledge

 https://www.earthday.org/take-action/

The theme this year is Protect Our Species

https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/endangered-species/earthday2019/