22nd April is celebrated as Earth Day |||| Bidyot Bhowmik
22nd April is Earth Day. 22nd April is celebrated as Earth Day globally in support of the protection of environment and taking care of our planet, our mother earth. We must protect our planet from global warming. It is also celebrated to raise awareness about importance of our beautiful mother earth as well as the planet where we live. The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970.
This year 2021 is the 51st anniversary of Earth Day. The theme for this year Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our Earth” which focuses on natural processes and emerging green technologies that can restore the world’s ecosystems. Climate change and other environmental degradations have broken our natural systems, leading to new and fatal diseases as well as a breakdown of the global economy. But just as climate change and coronavirus painfully remind us of the harm we’ve caused, Restore Our Earth reminds us of the opportunities that lay ahead. As a result of the outbreak Coronavirus Pandemic this year of 2021, Earth Day has launched its digital mobilisation and online celebration. Global Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) is also warning us that we must protect our environment and take care of our planet from pollution. And we must also take care of the wild-lives and other species from extinction for our healthy survival on this beautiful planet.
Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable. Protecting the planet and preserving its environment are a must for our heathy survival. The alarming accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the loss and extinction of wild-lives and species and the alarming acidification and pollution of the oceans are gradually destabilizing our beautiful mother earth from the standpoint of global pollution. And some species are teetering on the brink of extinction. On Earth Day 2016, the landmark United Nations Climate Change Agreement Known as Paris Agreement was signed by U.S., Canada, India, Bangladesh, Japan, European Union Countries and some 120 other countries. That is also considered to be the birthday of the modern environmental protection movement. In 1969, it was John McConnell, a dedicated peace activist who proposed to hold a day in honor of the Earth around 21st March. U.N. adopted this in 1970. Later on, US Senator Gaylord Nelson, a Democratic politician famous for his environmental work, proposed to hold a teach-in about environmental issues on April 22, which developed into Earth Day. The idea was taken globally in 1990 by the Earth Day Network, and Earth Day is now celebrated globally every year on April 22. It is a very good thing that nowadays more than one billion people worldwide participate in activities on Earth Day. In many communities the Earth Day celebrations are part of Earth Week, an entire week of activities focussing on environmental issues to protect the planet. Earth Day is now observed in 193 countries which are coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, a non-profit organisation that co-ordinates different activities. Plastic pollution is also poisoning our oceans and land, injuring marine life, and affecting our health. We should never forget that our mother earth is very beautiful, patient and our true savior. Let us save our mother earth from pollution for our healthy survival. We must Restore Our Earth not just because we care about the natural world, but because we live on it. Every one of us needs a healthy Earth to support our jobs, livelihoods, health & survival, and happiness. A healthy planet is not an option — it is the number one necessity for all of us.
Please visit earthday.org on April 22 to know more on Earth Day celebrations as well as the importance of Earth Day in 2021 coupled with digital landscape with livestreamed discussions and other actions that you can take, right now and from wherever you are.
Source : earthday.org
22nd April is celebrated as Earth Day |||| Bidyot Bhowmik – Columnist, writer and advisor to CBNA, 22nd April, 2021,Montreal, Canada
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