More than 50% of young people cannot explain climate change or what it means.
EARTHDAY.ORG is unwavering in our commitment to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, demanding a 60% reduction in the production of ALL plastics by 2040. Our theme, Planet vs. Plastics, calls to advocate for widespread awareness on the health risk of plastics, rapidly phase out all single use plastics, urgently push for a strong UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution, and demand an end to fast fashion. Join us as we build a plastic-free planet for generations to come!
Governments and NGOs from around the world will gather in Ottawa to continue negotiating the terms of the United Nations Global Plastic Treaty this Earth Day, 2024. Plastics pose serious health risks to life on Earth. BABIES VS. PLASTICS, the first of five such reports, offers an over-view of some of the latest research studying the impacts of microplastics on the health of young babies and children.
Climate and environmental literacy, coupled with strong civic education, will create jobs, build a green consumer market and allow citizens to engage with their governments in a meaningful way to address the climate crisis.
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The harms of plastics are getting personal
The battle against plastics began decades ago. Early on, the focus was on the proliferation of plastic pollution and its impact on land use. In the 1980s...
On the agenda this Earth Day: A global treaty to end plastic pollution
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That's A Wrap For Plastic
GREEN campaigners have insisted recycling is not the answer – instead we have to drastically cut our use of plastic....
Earth Day: ‘Green muscle memory’ and climate education promote behaviour change
This year, organizers of Earth Day are calling for widespread climate education as a critical step in the fight against climate change...
Shaping the Future of Climate Education and Empowerment with Bryce Coon, Ep. 74
Hello Earthlings! This week we’re celebrating Earth Day by delving deep into the pervasive issue of plastic pollution, a subject that touches on the health of our planet and ourselves. Our guest, Aidan Charron...
S4:E16 – Earth Day’s Mission to End Plastic Pollution
Hello Earthlings! This week we’re celebrating Earth Day by delving deep into the pervasive issue of plastic pollution, a subject that touches on the health of our planet and ourselves. Our guest, Aidan Charron...
Commentary: Plastics, you and a global treaty — Susan Bass
This year Earth Day (April 22) marks the start of the fourth round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty. Without much public fanfare, delegates from 175 countries together with hundreds of observers representing...
What is Earth Day, when is it and what has it achieved?
Every year, millions of people across the globe gather on Earth Day to celebrate the environmental movement.
Everything You Need to Know About Earth Day 2024
As the climate crisis becomes ever more serious, each Earth Day that comes along takes on extra significance. Established in 1970 ...
What This Scientist Says You Need to Know About Hundreds of Thousands of Plastic Particles in Your Drinking Water (Exclusive)
In January Phoebe Stapleton, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Rutgers University, co-authored a groundbreaking study...
Earth Day’s 2023 #InvestInOurPlanet Campaign Wins Major Award
To bring national awareness to Earth Day, through a partnership with EARTHDAY.ORG and the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) and its member companies.
Great Global Cleanup Turns 5 This Earth Day As Organizers Aim For ‘World Records’
The Great Global Cleanup is just like it sounds. But organizers aim to make it more comprehensive this Earth Day with a “brand audit” and related attempts at two apparent world records...
This Earth Day Is About The ‘Planet Vs. Plastics’ And Organizers Are Pushing Petitions And Education
“Plastic is killing us,” says Bryce Coon, director of Climate Education Initiatives at EarthDay.org, the worldwide organizers of April 22, aka Earth Day. This year...
Reducing plastic is Earth Day's urgent 2024 theme
“Just one word…plastics,” was the advice a family friend gave to Dustin Hoffman’s character in the 1967 film “The Graduate.”...
EARTHDAY.ORG RELEASES CLIMATE EDUCATION vs. THE CLIMATE CRISIS
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The Advanced Imaging Society Announces Winners of 14th Annual Lumiere Awards
The Advanced Imaging Society’s Lumiere Awards handed out statuettes for distinguished creative and technical achievement during its 14th annual awards luncheon today...
CUPID AT WORK ON EARTH DAY
EARTHDAY.ORG journalist Lilly Howard shares the stories of couples who fell in love on Earth Day
Celebrating Earth Month 2024
Earth Month 2024 (April) arrives as a pivotal moment in human history, marked by both challenges and opportunities...
Declare April 22 national plastic clean-up day in Uganda
A National Plastic Clean-Up Day would serve as a catalyst for these efforts, uniting communities in a shared mission to rid our country of plastic waste.
The climate change lesson plans teachers need and don’t have
Angelique Hammack, a teacher in California, creates lesson plans about climate change for the website SubjectToClimate. She often starts from a question posed by one of her four children...
When is Earth Day 2024? Get ready to help your planet with our guide to the holiday.
For over 50 years, Earth Day has been celebrated across the country, and the globe, through the mobilization for environmental causes. While it may seem...
How EARTHDAY.ORG Built 150k Partnerships in 192 Countries: Q/A with Director Aidan Charron
Website Planet interviewed Aidan Charron, Director of End Plastic Initiatives at EARTHDAY.ORG, the driving force behind Earth Day annually...
Babies in the global south are being poisoned by plastic from the north. Yet they are missing from the data
We are belatedly waking up to the many health risks of microplastics. Yet too little research focuses on the most exposed demographic of all...
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