EARTH DAY 2022. The 52nd International Mother Earth Day will take place on Friday, April 22, 2022 with the theme of eco-anxiety. Here is a light on its origin.
[Mis à jour le 15 avril 2022 à 19h39] For more than 50 years, all April 22 are dedicated to operations to fight for the preservation of the planet and to raise public awareness on this point, as part of World Earth Day. The latter is currently recognized as the most emblematic participatory day dedicated to the environment on the globe. It is nowadays celebrated by hundreds of millions of people in most countries of the world. The overall purpose of Earth Day’s existence is, according to the official website earthday.orgof promote the development of a mass of citizens aware of climate issues : in short, possessing a shared knowledge that gives rise to collective action for the protection of the environment. Here is more information on the date, program and origin of Earth Day 2022.
Earth Day 2022 takes place on a Friday, as it occurs annually on April 22 (and that it falls on a Friday in 2022).
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.
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.
Every year, World Earth Day gives citizens an opportunity 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.
Here are other “green gestures” to apply on a daily basis:
- turn off the light when leaving a room
- using public transport, bicycling, carpooling or legs
- turn off the water while brushing or shaving
- rent rather than buywhich ultimately produces less waste
- adopt a chicken ! (yes) 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…