Celebrate Earth Day 2025 with Sun Bingo – here's how to get involved
SINCE 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated on 22 nd April. The aim is to raise awareness and celebrate the protection of the planet.
The day seeks to tackle environmental issues, including pollution and climate change.
An estimated one billion people across 192 countries celebrate Earth Day.
History of Earth Day
Wisconsin after he saw the disastrous environmental effects of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill.
The senator was so shocked that he decided to dedicate a day to the prevention of similar events in the future.
The first official Earth Day saw 20 million people in America take to the streets in protest of the polluting effects of industry.
That was approximately 10% of the US population at that time.
Senator Nelson wanted to inject the enthusiasm of the student political voice, which was very outspoken against the Vietnam War at the time, into conservation efforts.
Hence, 22 nd April was chosen as the event date because it fell between Spring Break and final exams, maximising the likelihood of student participation.
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Earth Day 202 5
This year marks 55 years of Earth Day!
Each year has a specific theme. This year, the focus is 'OUR POWER, OUR PLANET".
According to the Earth Day website, the aim with this theme is to unite supporters behind renewable energy, with the goal of tripling the global generation of clean electricity by 2030.
As renewable energy comes from sources that can be replenished (e.g. wind power), which do not produce greenhouse gasses, they do not contribute to climate change.
The movement towards such energy sources will diminish our reliance on fossil fuels.
It is reported that 49 nations already generate more than half of their electricity needs from solar, wind, water and geothermal sources.
They include Switzerland, New Zealand, Norway and Canada.
Meanwhile, Iceland gets 99.99% of its electricity from renewable sources.
According to Aidan Charron, Associate Director of Global Earth Day: 'Switching to renewables also represents a humanitarian revolution — for the first time in human history, we have a path to provide virtually unlimited, low-cost energy for everyone".
There are some big events have been organised for this year's Earth Day.
New York will be hosting its annual Car-Free Earth Day on Saturday 26th April between 10am and 4pm.
London has lots of events as well, including Earthfest. This is an event that aims to bring the community together for a day of music, art, food, learning and fun.
Earthfest will be on Saturday 26th April between 11am and 4pm.
What can you do?
It can feel overwhelming trying to think of a way to make an impact on a big issue, when you're an individual.
However, the concept is to encourage lots of individual efforts so that they add up to big changes.
For instance, you might want to plant a tree in honour of Earth Day.
That may only be one tree. However, cumulatively, Earth Day (and the Canopy Project) has inspired tens of millions of trees to be planted since 2010.
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