Earth Day 2021
“As the world returns to normal, we can’t go back to business-as usual”
This year’s theme is Restore Our Earth™. You can join world leaders for Earth Day 2021 from 20-22 April.
Three days of climate action
20 April – Earth Day 2021 begins with a global youth climate summit led by Earth Uprising, in collaboration with My Future My Voice, OneMillionOfUs and hundreds of youth climate activists. The global youth summit will consist of panels, speeches, discussions, and special messages with today’s youth climate activists including Greta Thunberg, Alexandria Villaseñor, and Licypriya Kangujam.
In the evening on April 20, the Hip Hop Caucus and its partners will present the ‘We Shall Breathe’ virtual summit. This digital event will examine climate and environmental justice, connecting the climate crisis to issues of pollution, poverty and the pandemic, all within a racial justice framework.
21 April – Education International will lead the ‘Teach for the Planet: Global Education Summit.’ This is a multilingual virtual summit, spanning several time zones and featuring prominent activists from every continent, focused on the crucial role that educators play in combating climate change and why we need transformative climate education now.
22 April – Earth Day – Parallel to the Biden Administration’s global climate summit, EARTHDAY.ORG will have its second Earth Day Live digital event, with the global show begins at 12 pm Eastern Time / 18 hrs Central African Time.
Workshops, panel discussions, and special performances will focus on Restore Our Earth™ covering natural processes, emerging green technologies, and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystems.
More topics will include:
- Climate and environmental literacy
- Climate restoration technologies
- Reforestation efforts
- Regenerative agriculture
- Equity and environmental justice
- Citizen science
- Cleanups, and more
- World climate leaders, grassroots activists, non-profit innovators, thought leaders, industry leaders, artists, musicians, influencers, and the leaders of tomorrow will come to push us towards a better world
How to join in
You can join in Earth Day by visiting – www.earthday.org and on Facebook, plus register your #GreatGlobalCleanup at www.cleanup.earthday.org
Facts about Earth Day
“Together, we can prevent the coming disasters of climate change and environmental destruction. Together, we can Restore Our Earth™.”
EARTHDAY.ORG’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate worldwide environmental movements. From the first Earth Day in 1970, EARTHDAY.ORG is now the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 75,000 partners in over 190 countries across the world to drive positive action for our planet.