GROUNDWORK DENVER ANNOUNCED AS PARTNER FOR EARTH DAY 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Wave of Global Engagement Building for Landmark Earth Day 2020

January 31, 2020, Washington DC/Denver—Earth Day Network, which coordinates the annual Earth Day, is today delighted to announce that Groundwork Denver has become a key partner for 2020.

Groundwork Denver, whose mission is to bring about the sustained improvement of the physical environment and promote health and well-being through community-based partnerships and action, joins thousands of other groups and entities world-wide dedicated to make stepped-up environmental action a corner stone in this crucial year.

Groundwork Denver partners acts by planting trees, improving parks, cleaning up rivers and the air, insulating houses, promoting biking, growing food, and coordinates hundreds of volunteers. Groundwork Denver supports the growth and development of leaders from the neighborhoods where we work through their Green Team youth employment and leadership program and their work promotes the inclusion of the diverse population of our communities in decision-making and action.

Earth Day 2020 comes 50 years after the first Earth Day which, in 1970, mobilized over 20 million citizens to demand action on the environmental challenges of the time.

Today Earth Day is observed in around 190 countries and mobilizes one billion people and close to 100,000 organizations.

The overarching theme for Earth Day 2020, April 22, is action on climate change.

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About Earth Day Network 

Earth Day Network is a non-profit organization whose mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with close to 100,000 partners in nearly 192 countries to build environmental democracy.  

More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. Earth Day Network works through a combination of education, public policy, and consumer campaigns.  For more information, visit www.earthday.org 

About Groundwork Denver

Groundwork Denver aims to bring about the sustained improvement of the physical environment and promote health and well-being through community-based partnerships and action. They plant trees, improve parks, clean up rivers, grow food, insulate houses, and coordinate thousands of volunteers to help.

For More Information Please Contact– Nick Nuttall, Strategic Communications Director/Deputy Spokesperson, Earth Day Network, [email protected], or [email protected]

For more information about Groundwork Denver please contact Groundwork Denver, Cindy Chang, Executive Director, [email protected]