40th Anniversary of Earth Day
April 22, 1970 was the world’s first Earth Day. This year, Thursday, April 22, 2010 is the 40th Anniversary! From its simple beginnings of gatherings in community centres and school class rooms throughout small towns and cities in the U.S. where the public could learn about the threats to our environment to a now global awareness with celebrations and educational events worldwide.
It’s encouraging to know that the environmental threats discussed forty years ago have mostly been resolved. Detergents containing phosphates have been banned. The pesticide DDT was banned in the U.S. in 1972 then worldwide under the Stockholm Convention. Lead in gasoline has been banned. The control of ozone-depleting substances, such as CFCs has been implemented. Acid rain has largely been eliminated and Lake Erie, once proclaimed to be “dead” is alive once again.
Participate and Educate
Today, the greatest concern about our environment is global warming. If you want to help preserve our planet earth and provide a clean, healthy environment for your children to grow up in, consider participating in a local Earth Day event in your community. Learn how you can do small things in your everyday life that can have a huge impact on the environment. From such simple things as changing your incandescent bulbs in your home to more energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs, to planting a tree. Learn more.
Here’s a list of just some of the earth day events happening in communities across Ontario.
For a full listing of events in communities throughout Canada, click here. If you have an Earth Day event you would like to promote, please contact us to have it listed here.
Bolton
Apr 22, 2010 – Earth Day 2010 – Payback (Caledon)
Grimsby
Apr 24, 2010 – Raptorfest
Guelph
Apr 12-17, 2010 – Earth Day Week
Hamilton
Apr 24, 2010 – Tim Hortons Earth Day Walk/Run
London
Apr 18, 2010 – Earth Day London
Kitchener
Apr 21, 2010 – Earthfest 2010
Markham
Apr 25, 2010 – 10,000 Trees for the Rouge Annual Tree Planting
Minden
Apr 24, 2010 – Haliburton County´s Earth Day Family Festival
Newmarket
May 2, 2010 – Earth Day Community Tree Planting
Ottawa
Apr 22, 2010 – Earth Day Celebrations
Ottawa
Apr 22, 2010 – Sustainable Transportation Fair
Peterborough
Apr 24, 2010 – Green EXPO 2010
Port Perry
Sep 11, 2010 – Port Perry Carbon Neutral Half Marathon/5K
Scarborough
Apr 18, 2010 – Party for the Planet
Toronto
Apr 22, 2010 – Forest Hill Zen Fashion Show 2010
Toronto
Apr 22, 2010 – SunFunk 2010
