Earth Day Virtual Event

April 22nd is Earth Day and NASA is hosting an Earth Day Virtual Event. I think there are great opportunities for students and I wanted to share this with you. 

“A variety of Earth Day activities, including live talks, games, videos, and great downloadable posters and books, is now online during NASA’s Earth Day Virtual Event.

From April 21-24, anyone can join the free, online event that includes live panel discussions and chats with NASA Earth science experts, as well as on-demand content, such as coloring pages and activity sheets, eBooks and downloadable posters, Meet a Scientist videos, and information on how you can be a scientist for NASA. There’s also an online scavenger hunt to kick off #GrowForLaunch, a chance to learn more about the plants grown in space and how you can start your own garden.

Online registration is free and open now.”

Earth Day 2020

Earth Day is on April 22 of every year. This year will be the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

According to Earthday.org,:

“The theme for Earth Day 2020 is climate action. The enormous challenge — but also the vast opportunities — of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.

Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.”

What you can do on Earth Day –

“On Earth Day 2020, we seize all the tools and actions that we have, big and small, to change our lives and change our world, not for one day, but forever.

While the coronavirus may force us to keep our distance, it will not force us to keep our voices down. The only thing that will change the world is a bold and unified demand for a new way forward.

We may be apart, but through the power of digital media, we’re also more connected than ever.

On April 22, join us for 24 hours of action in a global digital mobilization that drives actions big and small, gives diverse voices a platform and demands bold action for people and the planet.

Over the 24 hours of Earth Day, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day will fill the digital landscape with global conversations, calls to action, performances, video teach-ins and more.

While Earth Day may be going digital, our goal remains the same: to mobilize the world to take the most meaningful actions to make a difference.

No matter where you are, you can make a difference. And you’re not alone, because together, we can save the Earth.

Visit earthday.org on April 22 as we build an Earth Day unlike any other — We’re flooding the digital landscape with livestreamed discussions, a global digital surge, and 24 hours of actions that you can take, right now and from wherever you are.”

Will you be doing anything special for Earth Day this year? If so, please share.

Photo by The New York Public Library on Unsplash

Earth Day Celebrates its 40th Anniversary on April 22, 2010!

(Today we have a guest post from Earth Day Network. Earth Day Network is the organization that came out of the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 and founded on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Forty years later, their mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. Hope you enjoy the post! – Pat)

Forty years ago, on April 22, 1970, more than 20 million people converged in small towns and major cities across the United States to help launch the modern environmental movement. That first Earth Day was part teach-in, part call-to-action and part celebration. At Earth Day Network, our Education program continues a successful history of environmental education initiatives dating back to the first Earth Day in 1970.  We are continuing this tradition for the upcoming 40^th anniversary of the first Earth Day on Thursday April 22, 2010. We have hundreds of resources to help educate your kids, to go green, and to get involved in Earth Day.

Here’s a list of fun activities you can do with your kids to teach them about the environment.

• Pull out invasive plants and replace them with native species.
• Ride bikes, walk or take public transit.
• Volunteer at a local Earth Day event.
• Write a letter to a local policymaker.
• Start a family garden and grow healthy food. Start a compost pile and use a rain barrel.
• Switch out light bulbs for energy- efficient CFLs.
• Learn about the history of the environmental movement. Use activity ideas from Earth Day Network lesson plans.
• Compost your food scraps.
• Paint an eco- mural. Use green art supplies.
• Make art from recycled objects.
• Play educational games Environmental Jeopardy.
• Use the interactive online Ecological Footprint quiz.
• Clean up your playground, schoolyard, walking paths or watershed.
• View and discuss films on Earth Day TV.
• Hold a recycling or waste reduction contest.

 

Need Help? Contact education@earthday.org for resources, ideas and support!

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