Earth Day 22 Apr 2024

Earth Day

Today is Earth Day—a day dedicated to celebrating the planet we call home and raising awareness of environmental problems. The seeds of this day were planted back in 1969 when Gaylord Nelson, the then-senator of Wisconsin, USA, witnessed events like the Cuyahoga River catching fire and the Santa Barbara oil spill and decided that the world needed an environmental initiative. A year later, the first Earth Day event was held. Now, it has grown into an annual event with more than a billion people in over 193 countries taking part.

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Today in History

Where can you find this cute creature?
22 Apr 2025Earth Day

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3 Apr 2025Wasson Peak, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, United States
20 Jan 2025Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, United States
Back to the future
The other great barrier reef
Nimble and stealthy
West of Windermere
21 Apr 2025International Dark Sky Week
8 May 2025World Donkey Day
Check out The Magic City of Miami
30 May 2024Everglades National Park, Florida, USA
A rocky wrinkle in time
27 Jun 2024Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy
1 Oct 2024Black History Month
7 Apr 2024International Beaver Day
The mountains are calling
15 Oct 2025Amethyst laccaria mushrooms, Seabeck, Washington, United States
Nature’s blue wonder
29 Feb 2024Leap Day
Aug 29, 2023American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
29 Sep 2024West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut, USA
13 Aug 2024Telašćica Nature Park, Dugi Otok, Croatia
On the edge
Solo on the savanna
1 Jan 2025Happy New Year!
6 Feb 2025Waitangi Day in New Zealand
9 Mar 2025The Shard, London
Is it art?
10 Oct 2023Mount Sopris, Colorado, USA
9 Oct 2023Edinburgh cityscape and St Marys Cathedral steeples
18 Feb 2025The Great Blue Hole, Belize