| 40th Anniversary of Earth Day | 15 March 10 |
 April 22 is Earth Day. Celebrated by over 1 billion people in over 170 countries Earth Day highlights events and projects on local, national and international environmental issues. The mandate of Earth Day Canada is to, "improve the state of the environment by empowering and helping Canadians to take positive environmental action". The goals of Earth Day are to create positive public awareness, empower and encourage Canadians to take environmental action, address challenges to Canada's environment, and to foster and maintain the celebration of earth day annually.This year Earth Day is a call to action for a global referendum on climate change. Other core issues supported are advocacy, conservation and biodiversity, education, energy, food and agriculture, green economy, recycling and waste reduction, sustainable development and water. This year Earth Day is running 47 campaigns, 19 petitions, 99 scheduled events with 10, 000,094 pledges of support. View Earth Day Network websiteView Earth Day Canada website View The World Wildlife Fund Earth Day website Sources: Earthday.org, Earthday.ca |
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