World Earth Day 2021 – Theme, History, Activities

International days are marked to educate the public on issues of concern, to address global problems and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. Each international day provides the community an opportunity to organize activities related to the theme and to create public awareness on the same. Organizations, governments, public and private sectors, schools, universities and citizens make international day a springboard for awareness raising actions. In this article let us check on the observation of World Earth Day 2021 and its theme, history and significance. April 22, 2021 marks 51 years of earth day.

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World Earth Day 2021 – April 22 , Thursday

In this article readers can get a glimpse on

• History of world earth day
• Objective of world earth day 2021
• World Earth day 2021 Theme
• Objective of world earth day 2020
• Theme of world earth day 2020
• COVID -19 Outbreak – earth day goes digital
• How To Contribute Towards The Observation Of World Earth Day
• Earth day Quiz

History of World Earth Day

Gaylord Nelson, The US senator elected in the year 1962 was inspired by the Vietnam War or the “teach ins” that was taking place on college campuses around the United States. In the year 1969 Senator Gaylord Nelson who was also an environmental activist developed the idea of earth day and announced the earth day concept at a conference in Seattle.

Nelson began working towards the earth day event from his office by arranging two organizers for the event. Denis Hayes a young activist and a student president from Stanford University was selected as earth day’s national coordinator.

On the first Earth day April 22, 1970 rallies were held in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and many other American cities. The first earth day was successful in creating awareness on environmental issues and transforming the public attitude.

Earth day was originated in the United States in 1970 but it became nationwide by 1990 and was celebrated in 141 nations under the leadership of Dennis Hayes. Earth day was renamed officially by the United Nations as International Mother Earth day in the year 2009

World Earth Day 2021 Theme

The world earth day 2021 theme is “Restore Our Earth” and its focus is on natural processes, emerging green technologies and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystems. In this way, the theme rejects the notion that mitigation or adaptation are the only ways to address climate change. It is up to each and every one of us to Restore Our Earth not just because we care about the natural world, but because we live on it. We all need a healthy Earth to support our jobs, livelihoods, health & survival, and happiness. A healthy planet is not an option it is a necessity.

Objective of World Earth Day 2021

April 22 2021 marks 51 years of earth day.  The Objectives of this year’s earth day aims at educating the community on importance of restoring our earth and how it has become need of an hour.

Workshops, panel discussions, and special performances will be conducted by Earth Day organization officially which will focus on Restore Our Earth covering natural processes, emerging green technologies, and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystems.

The topics that are included in this years Earth day awareness are

• Climate and environmental literacy
• Climate restoration technologies
• Reforestation efforts
• Regenerative agriculture
• Equity and environmental justice
• Citizen science
• Cleanups, and more.

Objective of World Earth Day 2020

April 22 2020 marks 50 years of earth day. Earth day aims at educating and mobilizing more than a billion people to grow and support the next generation of environmental activists. The Objectives of this year’s earth day aims at

• Involving emerging technologies to engage one billion global citizens in earth day challenge 2020 by collecting one billion data points to measure air quality, water quality, pollution and human health.
• To advocate the citizens to mobilize and take action in the worldwide event by volunteering in various activities like clean ups and various other campaigns.
• To provide education to the citizens on the environmental pollution and the need for protecting the earth.

Theme of World Earth Day 2020

The theme of earth day 2020 is climate action. Climate action is the stepped up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate induced impacts. The enormous challenge but also the vast opportunities of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.

Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable. There is no country that is experiencing the drastic effects of climate change. Hence there is a need of taking urgent action to tackle climate change and its impacts. The theme of earth day 2020 stresses on the same.

COVID -19 Outbreak – Earth Day Goes Digital

The pandemic has set a closure to most of the ongoing activities across the world, but earth day is not one of them. Organizers of earth day has turned this 50^th year of earth day into first ever digital earth day. All the activities planned for global mobilization will happen online.

• Earth day challenge 2020 smart app an initiative was launched to cope up with the current situation of pandemic.
• Online teaching materials and other toolkits are also made available by earth day organization so that the materials can be shared online and the spread of awareness can still be continued.
• Earth day organization has provided various opportunities to citizens to take part in this year’s Digital earth day celebrations. Login to the official website of earth day org for more details on the same.

How to contribute Towards the Observation of World Earth Day during this isolation period.

Following are few activities that can be done to observe world earth day 2020 during this pandemic.

World Earth Day 2021 Activities

• Plant in your backyard.
• Set up an organic vegetable garden in the back yard.
• Prepare a plastic consumption tracker, identify the usage of plastic at home and minimize the usage.
• Make pledge online and take action and spread awareness.
• Raise awareness online, conduct surveys to check the pollution extent around.
• Engage students in science experiments to combat pollution
• Make a call to action to share on social media
• Create a video presentation to urge others to take action.
• Take part in webinar sessions hosted by environmental activists across the world and gain knowledge on the issues faced currently
• Spread knowledge to others through online sessions and other online activities

Earth day Quiz 2021

1. Which American river caught fire in 1969, prompting multiple pollution control measures?

1. The Cuyahoga River 
2. The Scioto River
3. The Fox River
4. The Calumet River

2. Who is considered the founder of Earth Day?

1. Vice President Al Gore
2. Senator Gaylord Nelson
3. Dennis Hayes

3. What book helped launch the modern environmental movement, and led to the widespread ban of DDT?

1. Earth in the balance
2. Silent Spring
3. The End of Nature

4. What 1997 global agreement to reduce greenhouse gases was signed by virtually every country in the world except for the United States?

1. Kyoto Protocol
2. Oslo Accords
3. Millennium Summit

5. In which state did the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill occur?

1. Washington
2. Maine
3. Alaska

6. The melting of the Greenland ice sheet poses an immediate threat to the survival of which animal?

1. Killer Whales
2. Polar Bears
3. Penguins

7. More than half of breathable oxygen comes from

1. Oceans
2. Flowering plants
3. Clouds
4. Forests

8. How much of the world’s oxygen is produced by just the Amazon rain forest ?

1. 2%
2. 10%
3. 20%
4. 5%

9. The human activity, among the following, which causes maximum environmental pollution having regional and global impact, is

1. Industrialization
2. Urbanization
3. Agriculture
4. Mining

10.The science that deals with the relationship of various organisms with their environment is known as

1. Anthropology
2. Ecology
3. Economics
4. Geology

11. What are the three “R’s” of waste management?

1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
2. Refuse, Refrain, Redeem
3. Remove, Return, Relocate

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