Every year #EarthDay is celebrated on April 22, and in 2016, the #EarthWeek is being celebrated from April 18- April 24. It is this week when environmental enthusiasts demonstrate the urgent need for environmental protection and many organizations focus the entire week on various problems that create the dis-balance in the planet’s climate.
#EarthDay was first proposed by John McConnel at a UNESCO conference in San Francisco. Later a US Senator, Gaylord Nelson founded a day for environmental teachings on April 22, 1970, which came to be celebrated as an official Earth day.
Earth Day Anthem:
UNESCO has termed Indian poet-diplomat Abhay Kumar’s idea of an official Earth Anthem as a creative and inspiring thought that would contribute to bringing the world together.
Kumar’s “Earth Anthem” has been translated into eight languages including all official languages of the United Nations viz. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish. The other two languages are Hindi and Nepali. It was launched in June 2013
By: Archa Dave
