Earth Day: 5 Quick Facts
1. Each year, on April 22, Earth Day is celebrated by collecting garbage, raising awareness about recycling, volunteering for green projects, reducing the amount of energy people consume and taking collective action towards a better future for our planet.
2. The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970 as 20 million people gathered in the streets of America to protest the industrial revolution after a devastating oil spill, and is considered to have started the modern environmental movement.
3. The Earth Day flag features a picture of the Earth taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon.
4. April 22, 2016 marks the 46th anniversary of Earth Day and is one of the most important Earth Days in years as leaders from 160 countries officially sign the Paris Climate Agreement.
5. Each year, 6 million Canadians participate in Earth Day. April 22, 2015 marked the launch of ‘Earth Day Every Day‘, which provides an easy-to-use mobile-friendly tool that challenges and rewards people for reducing their environmental impact with the goal of achieving a 20% reduction in Canada’s carbon footprint by 2020.
The NorthBridge team rolled up their sleeves and conducted a garbage clean up in addition to dimming our lights in honour of Earth Day 2016; we collected over 15 bags of garbage!
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To find out how you can contribute please visit ‘Earth Day Every Day‘ or Earth Day Canada.