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Earth Day
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Celebrate Earth Day 
 "EPA's Earth Day Web site offers you many tips and fun ways to protect the environment and your health every day." Features a list of Earth Day (April 22) events and volunteer opportunities and tips for reducing environmental impacts at home, in your community, at school, at work, and while shopping. Also includes a timeline history of Earth Day and related publications. In English and Spanish. From the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). http://www.epa.gov/earthday/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Apr 8, 2008 Earth Day
This site provides numerous ideas for children celebrating Earth day, celebrated annually on April 22. Includes online games, coloring activities, clip art, word searches, language and science activities, and much more. http://holidays.kaboose.com/earth-day/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Internet Guides & Search Tools Last updated Apr 16, 2009 Earth Day
Information for children and teachers about the annual celebration of Earth Day on April 22. The site features a history of the day (including information about U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, who introduced the idea in 1969), classroom study materials and activity suggestions, and information about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Also includes a bibliography and links to related sites. Searchable. From the Wilderness Society. http://earthday.wilderness.org Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Apr 16, 2009 Earth Day Canada (EDC)
Information about Earth Day in Canada, observed every April 22. Includes history, events, resources, links to children's activities and other related resources, information for volunteers, and more. EDC is a national organization "mandated to improve the state of the environment by empowering Canadians to take action and achieve local solutions." http://www.earthday.ca/pub/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Apr 16, 2009 Earth Day Network (EDN)
Suggestions, tips, and other resources for planning environmental programs. Includes information about the programs, campaigns, and concerns of this worldwide alliance"working to promote a healthy environment and a peaceful, just, sustainable world." "About Our Network" has a searchable directory of local, regional, and international groups that organize Earth Day and other environmental activities. In English, with some information also available in Spanish and French. http://www.earthday.net/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Apr 16, 2009 Earth Day Online
"This website compiles a comprehensive list of Earth Day events [for the current year], regardless of size, geographic location or organizational affiliation." Includes the history of Earth Day, an organizer's guide, and a searchable calendar of events (almost all in the United States but some are listed for a few other countries). http://earthday.envirolink.org/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Mar 28, 2007 EarthDay.gov
This site presents actions to take to protect our planet on Earth Day (celebrated annually in April). Provides suggested activities for home, classroom, and work settings, as well as volunteer opportunities and a children's section. Includes links to government information on energy, recycling, green building, commuting, water conservation, and related topics. Also find histories of Earth Day. A cooperative effort of U.S. government agencies. http://www.earthday.gov/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Mar 31, 2005 EE-Link: Environmental Education on the Internet
Annotated directory of environmental education resources. Provides resources for teachers and students, information about organizations and projects, a national calendar of events, grant information, and job postings. Also includes links to sites about major environmental issues and occasions, such as Earth Day. Sites in Spanish are grouped in the "Educacion Ambiental en Espanol" section. A project of the North American Association for Environmental Education. Searchable. http://eelink.net/ Topics: Education, Environment, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Mar 17, 2009 International Earth Day
Website for this version of Earth Day, as celebrated on the spring equinox in March. (Earth Day is generally observed on April 22.) Features background of this day that was initiated "on March 21, 1970. The first Proclamation of Earth Day was by San Francisco, the City of Saint Francis, patron saint of ecology." Includes an Earth Day charter and guide for earth trustees by Earth Day founder John McConnell, and related material. http://www.earthsite.org Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Apr 16, 2009 Today in History: Earth Day
A brief history of Earth Day, "first observed in Spring of 1970." Features links to Library of Congress sites about related issues and people. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr22.html Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Apr 15, 2004 |
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