Happy Earth Day Everyday

The earth revolved around the sun once since the last time you received our newsletter. As we pause to recognize Earth Day, we are committed to keeping in touch more often going forward. Enjoy reading about a selection of the exciting sustainability related activities that are going on at UBC!

Celebrated every April 22, Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide.

• More than 6 million Canadians join 1 billion people in over 170 countries to celebrate Earth Day
• First launched as an environmental awareness event in the United States in 1970, Earth Day (April 22) is celebrated as the birth of the environmental movement
• In 1990, two million Canadians joined 200 million people in 141 nations in celebrating the first International Earth Day
• In many countries, the international event brought pressure on heads of state to take part in the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to address issues such as climate change and the world wide loss of species

Learn More at Earth Day Canada

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