EARTH DAY 2022. Dedicated to the environment and celebrated in hundreds of countries, Earth Day takes place this Friday, April 22, 2022. The opportunity to remember what tricks help preserve our planet…
[Mis à jour le 21 avril 2022 à 18h45] As every year, World Earth Day takes place on April 22. This year 2022, it falls this Friday. On its site, theUNwhich names this day International Mother Earth Dayspeaks of a first edition “of the United Nations Decade of Ecosystem Restoration“. and recalls the DNA of this special day: “ecosystems support all life on Earth”. This day aims to raise awareness of the challenges facing our planet: “the healthier our ecosystems, the more the planet and its inhabitants are in good health. Restoring our damaged ecosystems will help end poverty, fight climate change and prevent mass extinction.
Celebrated every April 22, World Earth Day gives citizens an opportunity each year to reflect on the damage inflicted on the planet… and the super-simple everyday actions to preserve it. Among them, the fact of favoring “the short circuits” by eating local, but also seasonal products to limit pollutant emissions and waste; the sorting of waste or even the reflex of return expired medication or unused to their pharmacist: collected, they are now transformed into energy.
Other tips available to everyone consist of turn off the light when leaving a room ; to use public transport, cycling, carpooling or his legs; to turn off the water while brushing or shaving… Another green gesture is to rent rather than buy, which ultimately produces less waste. And here is to finish a solution that may seem crazy to some but is becoming more democratic: adopt a chicken ! The gallinaceous is indeed able to peck up to 150 kilos per year of food waste. And in return will offer you fresh eggs every morning for breakfast…
Earth Day 2022, led this year by the international development NGO Geres, has the theme of eco-anxiety. Declare yourself eco-anxious and take part in positive collective actions for the planet through the campaign Let’s Heal Together.
To know the program of the Earth Day in real time, it is enough to consult, when the date approaches, the official site of the event, Earthday.orgas well as the French site Earth Day.org to know what actions are proposed.
This world day of mobilization is there to remind us of the urgency to act for planet Earth. Many activities are offered in the cities of France via this page from the French Earth Day site (just fill in your locality at “Your current location”, to find the activities offered on the same day and the following days. For example, in Paris, Saturday April 30, theFrans Krajcberg space, in partnership with FlorestaTV, Survival International and Amazonie Immersive, organizes a meeting with the txana Nui Huni Kuin on the culture and the rights of the Huni Kuin people and the artist Mathis Berchery. On Saturday May 14, creative workshops for children combining art and nature are organised.
Coordinated by the “Earth Day Network”, Earth Day is all about appreciating the uniqueness of our planet Earth with its incredible biodiversity. According to the UN on its official website, the DNA of “International Mother Earth Day” is more precisely to raise awareness of the challenges facing our planet, based on the idea that the Earth and its ecosystems are what nourishes us and sustains our steps throughout life. Short, our only home. During this day, various national and international activities are carried out to understand biodiversity and how to protect our nature, plants, animals and the environment as a whole. Some of the actions carried out consist in encouraging the purchase of greener products, waste reduction, recycling and reuse, and promoting the fight against climate change. Earth Day Network, the organization behind the movement, works with more than 22,000 partners around the world. Today, more than a billion people participate in World Earth Day activities every year to make it one of the biggest events in the world.
Earth Day is a holiday celebrated in the United States since 1970, always on April 22, in commemoration of the creation of the environmentalist movement by a senator from Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson. 47 years ago, the latter organized a major demonstration for the environment and to demand that it be taken into account in American federal policies. This parade led to the adoption of several founding laws such as those on the protection of air, water and endangered species, as well as the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) .
Taken over by the United Nations as a strong date on the calendar since 1971, Earth Day became a global event as early as 1990 (year since which France has taken part), in approximately 140 countries, mobilizing 200 million people. The Earth Summit, another founding event organized in Rio in 1992 and ancestor of the Kyoto conferences or the COP21, should also have a lot to do with this April 22. Over the years, and with a few milestone years such as 2000 or 2006, Earth Day, now called “International Mother Earth Day”, has gradually become the main environmental event on the planet, also the anniversary date of the environmental turnaround. In 2016, Earth Day took place on the same day as the signing of the Paris Agreement on climate change, resulting from COP 21.
Earth Day 2022 takes place on a Friday, as it occurs annually on April 22 (and that it falls on a Friday in 2022).