Earth Day

              55th Anniversary of Earth Day



           “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not for every man’s greed,” 

 M. K. Gandhi 

April 22, 2024  marks the 55th annual celebration of Earth Day. It is worldwide event aimed at  raising  awareness of the need to protect Earth's natural resources for future generations.

 While giving Message on International Mother Earth Day the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres said

“Humanity is acting like Mother Earth’s delinquent child. 

We depend on nature for the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the water we drink. Yet, we have brought chaos to the natural world: poisoning our planet with pollution, wiping out species and ecosystems with abandon, and destabilising our climate with greenhouse gas emissions. 

These actions harm nature, and they harm humanity. We are imperilling food production, polluting our ocean and air, creating a more dangerous, less stable environment, and holding back sustainable development. 

Together, we must restore harmony with nature, embrace sustainable production and consumption, and protect ourselves from harm….”


This year's Earth Day is focused on the threat that plastics pose to our environment. To learn more about the earth day  and theme of this year  follow the link 


https://mediaswaraj.com/earth-day-plastic-versus-planet-siby-k-joseph/


Reflections on Earth Day theme 2024 : Planet vs. Plastics

Siby K. Joseph 


The theme of Earth day 2024 is Planet vs. Plastics.  It 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.

The first Earth Day was observed in the United States of America in the year 1970 in which millions of people from all walks of life gave birth to a new movement to protect the planet. Thus April 22, 1970 marked the beginning of the modern environmental movement.....


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