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EXPLORING ECOTOURISM

Reflections on Earth Day

PLANETA FORUM

How do we listen to Earth's distress call?
- Communication Notebook

every day is earth day

PHOTO GALLERY: earth


Celebrate Earth Day every day!

BACKGROUND

Earth Day celebrations take place in March and April around the world. Whatever the date, Earth Day is a well-received entry point for those developing environmental awareness, particularly schoolchildren, to begin learning about the issues. Two celebrations are better than one!

MARCH 21 - The United Nations marks Earth Day each year on the vernal equinox (March 21). This Earth Day was founded by John McConnell, a newspaper publisher, as well as the designer of the Earth Flag.

APRIL 22 - U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson introduced the idea to then President John F. Kennedy in the 1960s. Concerned about the lack of national focus on environmental issues, Nelson came up with the idea of an annual date to celebrate the Earth and the environment. Earth Day proved extremely popular. The first Earth Day attracted two thousand colleges and universities, ten thousand high schools and grade schools, and several thousand communities in all, more than twenty million Usians. The celebration has gone global.

FEATURES

g Earth Day 2009
g Earth Day 2008
g Earth Day 2007

REFERENCES

g 10+ Ways to Improve Environmental Journalism
g Citizen Journalism: Flickr
g World Environment Day
b Earth Day Network
b Earth Day History - 1970 Resolution
b International Earth Day Site
b Earth Day 2004 - Thorn Tree
b Earth Day 2005 - Thorn Tree
b Earth Day 2007 - Thorn Tree

FLICKR

g 2008 Earth Day Poster
g 2008 Dia de la Tierra Poster
ONLINE FLICKR

WIKI

g Earth Day
g Día de la Tierra
ONLINE WIKI

PHOTO CHALLENGE

If you want to show the eco happenings where you are, register on Flickr and upload relevant photos to any of the following groups:

BIRDS

Flickr: Birds of the world
Related Feature: Birding

CITIES

Flickr: City parks
Related Feature: Urban ecotourism

ENERGY

Flickr: World Energy
Related Feature: Energy Wiki

FOOD

Flickr: World Food
Related Feature: Food, Health and Building Communities

MOUNTAINS

Flickr: World Mountains
Related Feature: Mountains Guide

TREES

Flickr: World Trees, Forum on Latin American Forests
Related Feature: Forest Guide

PARKS

Flickr: World Parks
Related Feature: Tourism, Parks and Protected Areas

WATER

Flickr: World Water
Related Feature: Water Guide

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