Earth Day 22 Apr 2024

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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31 Aug 2025Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska, United States
Whats blooming so brightly?
7 Oct 2025Autumn colours below Mount Sneffels near Ridgway, Colorado, United States
Rainbow around the Sun
Finding beauty in ruins
Stunning symmetry
The other great barrier reef
29 Mar 2026British Summer Time starts
9 Jan 2026Muir Woods National Monument, California, United States
1 Mar 2026Saint Davids Day
27 Oct 2024British Summer Time ends
4 Jul 2025Orosei, Sardinia, Italy
A smooth landing, feet first
20 Feb 2024Kinder Scout, England
21 Dec 2025Winter solstice
28 Nov 2025Val Brandet, Corteno Golgi, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
7 Jun 2025Victoria Street in Edinburgh, Scotland
26 Nov 2024Celebrating World Olive Tree Day
9 May 2024Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
24 Mar 2026Cherry blossoms at East Lake Cherry Blossom Park, Wuhan, China
Sep 10, 2023Grandparents Day
3 May 2024The Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
A day for cousins of every stripe
31 Aug 2024Rocks and sand in the Sahara, Algeria
Is it art?
In the foothills of Snowdon
17 Nov 2023Meon Hill, Gloucestershire
Pick your paradise
21 Sep 2024Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany
The bears and the bees…