FW: Earth Day Dawning
Fox, David
Happy Earth Day!!
David P. Fox
Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator of Geography
Department of Natural & Physical Sciences
Park University
Parkville, Missouri (USA)
816-584-6813
davi...@park.edu
www.park.edu/geo
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Sent: Thu 4/21/2011 4:59 PM
To: Fox, David
Subject: Earth Day Dawning
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Dear Friend,
Earth Day has dawned in the east! That means now is the time to spread our
message, take action and engage the world in a dialogue on the state of our
environment.
We need your help to get the Earth Day message out. Do you use Facebook?
Great! Join us online to and help us show your friends and family that Earth
Day is a day for environmental action.
Please share your support for Earth Day: join A Billion Acts of Green on
Facebook and earn a green badge for your wall
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Your actions matter, especially to your friends. Will you stand up and be an
example of sustainability in practice?
Join us on Facebook, stand behind our call for all people to play an active
role in protecting our environment
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We hope to see you on Facebook!
The Team,
Earth Day Network
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About Earth Day 2011
Earth Day 2011 is themed after the Billion Acts of Green Campaign. To date,
we have collected over 100 million Acts of Green and Earth Day events in 152
countries.
How You Can Get Involved
There are hundreds of ways for you to get involved in Earth Day this year.
Visit our Earth Day 2011 page for a full breakdown of programming.
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JIIj%2F2i6xL3> Want to get started right now? We recommend that you organize
an Earth Day Event in your community
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movie, like Mia and the Migoo
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Earth Day 2011 Highlights
* Large Earth Day events in 17 of the largest U.S. cities, including St.
Louis, San Francisco, Dallas, and New York anticipate thousands of people
often over multiple days. Volunteer service is sweeping the across the
world, with cities such as Columbus, OH expecting over 4,000 people to plant
community gardens, clean up riverbanks and remove invasive vegetation from
parks.
* Over 150 cities and towns in India are holding Earth Day events, with an
enthusiasm rivaling the very first Earth Day in 1970. Earth Day India 2011
partners include the million-member trade union Self-Employed Women's
Association (SEWA) and the Center for Environment Education's Paryavaran
Mitra Project. SEWA, founded in 1972 by noted Gandhian and civil rights
leader Dr. Ela Bhatt, is coordinating Earth Day events in 10 districts of
western India, while the Center is creating "Environment Friends" (Paryavaran
Mitras) in 100 schools nationwide. The Center is also working with one of
India's largest public sector companies, the Steel Authority of India.
* Local and state leaders worldwide, realizing the need to foster local green
economies, are holding Earth Day Network's Global Day of Conversation
meetings with their constituents. In the U.S., 240 cities are participating
while 22 events are confirmed internationally, in China, Macau, Iraq, Mexico,
UK, Albania, Italy, Uganda and South Africa. They include Denver Mayor
Guillermo (Bill) V. Vidal recognizing 11 restaurants and auto shops for
working for 15 months with Denver's Department of Environmental Health to
make Earth-friendly changes in their businesses. In California, Riverside
Transit Agency (RTA) will give away free bus passes to selected customers who
ride on Earth Day, April 22, or anytime next week.
* The U.S. State Department adopted A Billion Acts of Green® as its own Earth
Day theme, calling on 256 U.S. Embassies and Consulates in 177 countries to
log the most Acts of Green. The U.S. Ambassador to Finland, for example, will
conduct country-wide "Skype" call with students across his country
encouraging them to take individual action to reduce their carbon footprint,
highlighting the Embassy's green initiatives and soliciting feedback.
* In the U.S., over 160 universities have joined Earth Day University,
registering 250 events. Their events include Husson University in Bangor,
Maine donating produce from its organic garden to Shaw House, a local
homeless shelter. Other schools such as Duke University are devoting the
entire month of April to Earth Day.
* Earth Day Network's Canopy Project continues to make huge inroads against
deforestation, as official partners such as Trees for the Future, Roots &
Shoots in China, the Iraq Ministry of Agriculture and the African Rainforest
Conservancy are planting over 45 million trees across Africa, Latin America,
and Asia.
* Young Iraqi land mine survivors Hocar Hamdamin Hassan and his 11-year-old
brother are greening their Nesetman Primary School by planting trees. Hocar
said he wants to show the world that everybody should help save the planet,
no matter the obstacles.
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