Earth Day
April 22nd
When is
Earth Day
2020?
Earth Day is April 22 of every
year. April 22, 2020 will mark
50 years of Earth Day.
What is the theme for
Earth Day?
The theme for Earth Day 2020 is
climate action. 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, livable.
What is the history of Earth Day?
Earth Day was a unified response to an The first Earth Day is credited with
environment in crisis — oil spills, smog, launching the modern environmental
rivers so polluted they literally caught movement, and is now recognized as the
fire. planet’s largest civic event.
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans
— 10% of the U.S. population at the
time — took to the streets, college
campuses and hundreds of cities to
protest environmental ignorance and
demand a new way forward for our
planet.
What was the result of the first Earth Day?
The first Earth Day in 1970 launched a Earth Day continues to hold major
wave of action, including the passage of international significance: In 2016, the
landmark environmental laws in the United Nations chose Earth Day as the
United States. The Clean Air, Clean day when the historic Paris Agreement
Water and Endangered Species Acts on climate change was signed into force.
were created in response to the first
Earth Day in 1970, as well as the
creation of the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). Many countries soon
adopted similar laws.
What can I do for
Erth Day 2020?
The world needs you — and your
actions — for Earth Day 2020.
There’s so much you can do to
help protect and restore our
planet, from joining a cleanup or
climate strike, to taking part in
the world’s largest citizen science
initiative, to hosting an event in
your own community!
Here are a few ways you can
inspire your students this Earth
Day:
Make a pledge and a plan to take action. ...
Integrate art projects. ...
Make signs for school and at home. ...
Make a video or presentation urging others to
take action. ...
Plant a tree. ...
Engage students in a pollution experiment. ...
Pick up trash around your school.
Make a pledge and a plan
to take action
Writing down a commitment and making a plan
are two actions that increase the likelihood that
someone will follow through. So if you want
those Earth Day lessons to stick, this is an easy
activity to do with students of any age. This is a
great way to incorporate an art project with a
writing prompt.
Integrate art projects
Art projects are fun way to add a hands-on
activity to a lesson about Earth Day.
Creating art can also help students feel
connected to environmental topics, even if
the issues you’re studying are happening far
away from home. It’s also a great way to
help them imagine the world they want to
live in.
Here are a few examples of art projects for
Earth Day:
Make signs for school and
at home
Sometimes we just need a little reminder to help
us change our habits. Have students think about
what they can do at school and at home to help
the environment and how they can encourage
others to change their habits
Pick up trash around your school
Trash clean-ups are another hands-on
activity you don’t even have to leave the
school grounds to do. To make a bigger
impact, have students write down what
kinds of trash they pick up and where.
After analyzing the data together, you
can find patterns and explore solutions
so you can stop the trash at the source.
LOVE OUR PLANET
THANK YOU
Remember:
We have to care our planet, our
home, our place, our space
