Earth Day 2010
Posted by sally, April 20, 2010
Over 500 million people in 85 countries are expected to celebrate Earth Day on Saturday.
What’s it all about? Organisers say their aim is to bring together the planet’s population to “promote a healthy environment and a peaceful, just, sustainable world.”
What’s on near you?
Well, if you’re in London there’s a Eco-Festival on at the Millennium Dome with “environmental band” Weapons of Sound who’ll be banging out their tunes on instruments made from recycled junk! Seriously, they’ll be making melodies from old gas pipes and shopping trolleys. In Washington, DC the likes of Sting, John Legend and The Roots will be serenading the crowds with more traditional instruments. Whilst other events around the globe include a car-free day in Sydney, mass tree plantings in Chile and the development of a National Charter for Environment and Sustainable Development in Morocco.
Earth Day 2010 Chair Denis Hayes says, “We are at a pivotal moment in history. Climate change has put our planet in greater peril than ever, but it also provides us with a great opportunity to build a green economy and a healthy world for ourselves and for our children.”
What can you do?
Visit the Earth Day site, join the network and commit an ‘Act of Green’.
We also love Aveda’s delicious organic French lavender scented 2010 Light The Way Earth Month Candle. Aveda are donating £12.76 of every £15 soy wax candle they sell to the Global Greengrants Fund (GGF). If all the candles are sold they will donate £7.7 million globally. The GGF provide grants for community-based water projects and helps grassroots organisations working for clean water, clean air, sustainable livelihoods and healthy communities around the world.
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