Earth Day 2024: Everything you need to know about International Earth Day
“Earth Day” has been celebrated on April 22nd for over 50 years – a day of action to raise awareness of an environmentally friendly and sustainable way of life. But what is Earth Day actually? And who brought it into being?
What is Earth Day?
Since the first campaign, Earth Day has sought to specifically draw attention to environmental and climate protection issues. Given the current situation, there is no reason to celebrate, but the day is not used to raise a finger, but rather to create sensitivity in dealing with our environment. Year after year, associations, organizations, scientists, media and citizens use Earth Day as a platform to reach a large number of the population. In Germany, a variety of activities, lectures and events on the topic of sustainability and climate protection take place on Earth Day – most of them in Frankfurt and Stuttgart. The Earth Day Stuttgart coordination office from the Institute Dr. For example, Flad organizes events together with Greenpeace and Unicef. And there are also numerous events in Frankfurt. Earth Day is now celebrated in over 175 countries with a wide variety of focuses; In 2009, the UN also decided to declare the previously unofficial holiday the official “International Mother Earth Day”.
Since 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated every year on April 22nd, a day of action to draw attention to our treatment of the environment.
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“Planet vs Plastics” is the motto of Earth Day 2024
Every year, Earth Day has a theme that serves as a theme for a variety of activities. “Planet vs Plastics” is the international motto for Earth Day 2024 and aims to motivate people to use water sensibly instead of wasting it. A large part of the waters are now polluted and have become inedible for humans and animals. However, life is not possible without water; in fact, it is essential for humanity and ensures the earth’s biological diversity. It is therefore important to keep the waters clean, avoid water waste, reduce plastic consumption and at the same time make better use of rainwater.