Earth Day
The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks of life and is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. The passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and many other groundbreaking environmental laws soon followed. Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network (EDN) works with over 22,000 partners in 192 countries to broaden, diversify and mobilize the environmental movement. More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world.
This year, TreeHugger is partnering with Earth Day Network to share news about Earth Day. We'll be attending the Earth Day festivities in Washington DC and look forward to bringing you interviews, photos and updates about the ways Earth Day is helping spread awareness about sustainability.
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Top 10 Earth Day Swag Items That Are Eco-Friendly (Maybe)
Earth Day has taken on a (corporate) life of its own. This April 22, the 40th anniversary, is likely to feature a lot of "stuff" generated just for the occasion. And all that swag kind of defeats the purpose of the
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Kick Off the Earth Day Anniversary Celebration This Saturday
This Saturday, March 20, kick off the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with Pamela Lippe, president of Earth Day New York, and Matthew Modine, actor, activist, and founder of Bicycle For A Day.
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Earth Days Documentary To Debut On Facebook Before Airing on Television (Video)
Facebook has been getting a lot of flack from the green community since it became well known that they're purchasing power from coal-powered plants rather than from renewable energy sources. That's why it's a little ironic -
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Fireflies are Losing the Fight to Street Lights
For most of human history, when the sun set and night descended it meant that it was time to sleep. But, as our earliest ancestors learned to
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Earth Days, The Movie: The Rise & Fall & Rise & ? of the Environmental Movement
Shiny Chevy’s cruising efficient freeways and cheery new homes signaling the American Dream soon turned into a nightmare of smog and suburban sprawl. Through this context we
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Tesla Opens New York Store
The first Tesla Store located outside of California opens its doors this week. Here's how you can be part of the grand opening party and get to ride in a Tesla Roadster.Wanna get in on the hob-nobbing and people watching at the grand
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Do We Have Too Many Special Days?
It is World Oceans Day today, and we are trying to make a big deal of it. Last Friday was World Environment Day, theoretically the rest of the world's version of Earth Day, but it passed without a peep just about everywhere. Don't get me started about
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Trashy Art: Textile-Printed Recycled Trucks Hit Philly Streets
Now this is a makeover: Ten of Philadelphia's recycling trucks got a bold and brilliant overhaul with the help of 60 students from the city's Mural Arts Program. Printed on admittedly
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Floc Designs' Portable Flip Flops Fold Up to Save Space, Feet (And They're Recycled, Too!)
Like a devoted lover, these portable flip-flops will go where you go, roam where you roam, whether it's to the yoga studio, the spa, or that grody motel room where the carpet smells (and feels) like wet mongrel.
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Stacy Longo Travels Through the Looking Glass, Wins Project Earth Day's Student Competition
Our heartiest congratulations to Stacy Longo of the Fashion Institute of Technology, who crushed her competition underneath her pointy stilettos and emerged the winner of Project Earth Day's student competition this past
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Best of Green: Best in Show -- And the Winner Is...
After nearly a month, 177 winners in 8 categories, and thousands of thousands of votes cast by you, we're happy to announce the 'Best in Show' winner of our first annual Best of Green awards. Congratulations to
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Anvil Knitwear Introduces First Carbon-Neutral Recycled-Cotton Tee
Photo credit: Anvil Knitwear Anvil Knitwear has just launched a T-shirt that's a complete zero. Zip, zilch, nada. Not only is the underachieving tee made from 69 percent pre-consumer recycled cotton, but it also has a net zero carbon footprint.
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Katharine Harvey Builds Monster Plastic Bottle Chandelier
Artist Katharine Harvey has created work out of waste and plastic before, like her installation for ScotiaBank Nuit Blanche
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Green Apple Festival Numbers Counted, Volunteers Turned Out in Droves
The Green Apple Festival hoped to get a good sized turn out of volunteers for Earth Day activities, rewarding
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Adventures on Earth Day with TreeHugger's Writers (Slideshow)
TreeHugger loves having voices from all over the globe, especially on big green days like Earth Day, when a bunch of us can chime in and give perspectives from all over the planet. We gathered up a few from earlier this week -- Earth Day and the Green
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Jennifer Aniston's Eco-Makeover, Kelly Ripa's Green Kids, and More
Photo via e-how Jennifer Aniston often gets mocked by the eco-crowd for her light green pledge to make a difference by taking three-minute showers, which include a teeth-brushing. Now, she's getting serious and stepping up her green game by spending
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Israeli Cyclists Pump Up The Earth Day Voltage With Pedal Powered Concert
It felt like all of Tel Aviv was out celebrating Earth Day yesterday in Israel as cyclists pedal powered a phenomenal show at Rabin Square. To keep the wattage flowing, spent falafel oil was used as a biofuel backup. TreeHugger was there on the scene,
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President Obama's Guide to Going Green
Obama issued an Earth Day proclamation yesterday, which sounded a call for protecting the environment, developing renewable energy, and creating measures to fight climate change. According to his statement, "no issue deserves
