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Earth Day, civil society, and fulfilling the intent of Rio+20
Written by Naazia Ebrahim
Forty-two years after the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, the environmental challenges we face have not changed. Earth Day was founded with the intention of increasing awareness of global environmental destruction, and it certainly seems to have been successful in this regard: every year, over 190 countries have […]
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Mother Earth and her Careless Children
Written by Muhammad Bilal Khalid
Ever wondered what really sustains our existence? With all the hustle and bustle in our lives we tend to start taking some things for granted. Earth, the mother planet, the green planet or ‘dharti maa’ in Hindi has been sustaining life for billions of years now, and something that has […]
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France: Greens collapse in Earth Day vote
Written by Stephen Hartka
Earth Day 2012 coincided with the first round to the French presidential elections which took place on 22 April. France’s Green Party faced a major setback, receiving a paltry 2.3%, posing the question of whether environmentalist movements can achieve more widespread political power. Earth Day 2012 brought together an estimated […]
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It’s a natural wonder of the world, but does the world even wonder about it?
Written by Melissa Payne
As Earth Day comes and goes every year, so too do our sea levels elevate, suspended sediments reach ocean waters, and vulnerable coral communities in the Great Barrier Reef face thermal stress in reaction to climate change. The removal of 46 million cubic metres from the Great Barrier Reef’s sea-floor […]
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I’m a size 7 but my footprint is enormous!
Written by Lourdes Gomez
In reading through the Earth Day article, I decided to google various ‘eco related pages’ and I came across a quiz available on Earth Day 2012 homepage. Then…I probably just took the most shocking quiz of my life, in all the millions and gazillions of quizzes that there are in […]
