Our planet is truly a magnificent place. Known as the Blue Planet due to
its abundance of water, the Earth is an incredibly complex and vibrant
ecosystem, where living organisms interact with each other and their
environment to create the ideal conditions for life. We have it all: it’s warm
but not too warm, lots of water but again, not too much. It’s perfect. And it’s
in trouble.
Which brings us to Earth Day.
In this day and age of instant information, we are finally beginning to
understand the consequences of our actions and the impact they are having on
our world and our survivability as a species. Wherever you look, nature is
under assault and if we don’t take steps now to try and repair the damage,
there might not be much of a world left for our children to pass onto theirs.
Did You Know?
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Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth’s land
surface; now it’s only 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests
could be consumed in less than 40 years.
·
Experts estimate we are losing 137 plant, animal and insect species
every single day.
·
Every year, U.S. factories release over 3 million tons of
toxic chemicals into the land, air and water.
Earth Day is important. It educates us about what we have and what we
are losing by acting in ways that aren’t environmentally friendly or energy
efficient. Earth Day reminds us that we need to take action now to
protect our environment before it’s too late.
How Did Earth Day
Begin?
The first one took place on April 22, 1970 and
was launched by the trio of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (of Wisconsin), Harvard
student Denis Hayes and a well-known Eco-activist named Paul Erlich, as a call
to global environmental awareness. Although it started in the United States,
Earth Day has since blossomed into an international celebration of our planet,
observed by nearly 175 countries worldwide.
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