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Happy Earth Day!

April 19, 2019

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day now includes events in more than 193 countries, which are now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network.

Happy Earth Day! For nearly 50 years, people around the world have celebrated Earth Day to support environmental movements and build awareness around issues such as climate change.

The Earth Day campaign this year is Protect Our Species.

All living things have an intrinsic value, and each plays a unique role in the complex web of life. We must work together to protect endangered and threatened species: bees, coral reefs, elephants, giraffes, insects, whales and more.

The good news is that the rate of extinctions can still be slowed, and many of our declining, threatened and endangered species can still recover if we work together now to build a united global movement of consumers, voters, educators, faith leaders, and scientists to demand immediate action.

Earth Day Network is asking people to join the Protect our Species campaign. And their goal is to:

  1. Educate and raise awareness about the accelerating rate of extinction of millions of species and the causes and consequences of this phenomenon.
  2. Achieve major policy victories that protect broad groups of species as well as individual species and their habitats.
  3. Build and activate a global movement that embraces nature and its values.
  4. Encourage individual actions such as adopting plant based diet and stopping pesticide and herbicide use.

To read more please visit: /https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/endangered-species/earthday2019/