By Julia Strimer
Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, Earth Day Network, the global organizer of Earth Day, will mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with the first Digital Earth Day.
It will include a global digital mobilization on April 22 to address the most urgent threats to people and the planet.
The global conversation will be unified and tracked by the shared hashtags #EarthDay2020 and #EARTHRISE.
Earth Day Network will provide live coverage of the global digital mobilizations from its social media accounts (@earthdaynetwork). Plans are also underway to develop a major global event, coordinated across digital platforms to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22.
“When 20 million Americans participated in the first Earth Day, they believed the warnings of scientists, as did the U.S. Congress,” said Denis Hayes, the principal national organizer of the first Earth Day in 1970.
Kathleen Rogers, President of Earth Day Network, adds: “Our current pandemic demonstrates that governments must embrace science early. As we see now, many governments were slow to respond or even indifferent about the science of the coronavirus pandemic. But the last few weeks have also demonstrated that our society, even at the international level, is capable of mass shifts across all sectors to meet a crisis head-on.”
“We hope you will stand with us as we fight for a safer, healthier and more just future for all,” said Rogers. “Together, we can build an Earth Day unlike any other — an Earth Day that defines us as a global community, united by our challenges yet unshrinking from the bold, urgent action needed to overcome them.”
https://www.earthday.org/press-release/coronavirus-announcement-digital-earth-day/
