The International Mother Earth Day is being observed across the globe today. The day is observed to spread awareness to protect earth’s environment. This year’s theme is, ‘the face of Climate Change’. A Â number of programmes are being held all over the world, including India, to mark the occasion.
Search Engine Giant Google uploaded a special doodle to mark the International Mother Earth Day.
Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Earth Day is observed on April 22 each year. The April 22 date was designated as International Mother Earth Day by a consensus resolution adopted by the United Nations in 2009. Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, Â and is celebrated in more than 192 countries every year
The genesis of Earth Day is credited to Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. After witnessing the ravages of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, and inspired by the student anti-war movement, he called for an environmental teach-in, later called “Earth Day”, to be held on Wednesday, April 22, 1970. More than 20 million people participated that year, and now Earth Day is observed on April 22 each year by more than one billion people and many national governments in 192 countries.