EARTH DAY: A REMINDER THERE’S NO PLAN(ET) B

An annual event, held on April 22, to show support for environmental protection. Events are held globally on this day as a coordinated awareness campaign to save the planet.

The first Earth Day was celebrated 51 years back. It was a Us-led drive after an oil spill off the coast of California’s Santa Barbara.

Google published a doodle on its homepage of a woman reading a book under a tree while her daughter carries a sapling to plant. A video shows people teaching their young ones to plant trees.

A total of 330,000 candles were arranged in the shape of the Earth to set a Guinness record, at Dhammakaya temple in Thailand.

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GRETA TESTIFIES Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg testified at a US congressional hearing on subsidies for fossil fuels, which the panel has been pressuring the US government to end.

DALAI LAMA’S CLARION CALL

The Tibetan leader called for a global effort to save the planet, saying problems like depletion of ozone layer can’t be tackled individually.

‘EARTH ANTHEM’

Over 100 poets, musicians, actors, singers and artists from across the world came together virtually to read the celebratory song ‘Earth Anthem’, written by Indian diplomat Abhay Kumar.

“It’s crucial to include job creation as a part of the foundation for a country’s climate policies. The task is to show that ordinary people can have their living conditions improved because of climate and environmental benefits.” - Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s Prime Minister