Santa Clara County, Earth Day Network, and Foundation for Climate Restoration Announce Launch of “Local Governments for Climate Restoration” Campaign

In recognition of Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary later this year, Santa Clara County, Earth Day Network, and the Foundation for Climate Restoration call on all cities and counties to adopt Climate Restoration by launching the “Local Governments for Climate Restoration Campaign.” Supervisor Dave Cortese’s Climate Restoration Emergency Resolution, approved by County Executives in August 2019, was the first of its kind in the nation and called for the immediate mobilization of resources and labor at a massive scale and at every level – local, state, national, international, social, industrial, and…

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Keep America Beautiful Partners With Earth Day Network on 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful® and Earth Day Network, the global coordinator of Earth Day, today announced a partnership to promote the iconic organizations’ respective missions to keep America – and the world – clean, green, and beautiful as the 50th anniversary of Earth Day (April 22, 2020) approaches. The organizations will promote participation in each other’s signature volunteer engagement events – the Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup® and Earth Day Network’s Great Global Cleanup™ – as well as promote the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to each organization’s respective network of partners, affiliates, and volunteers.…

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Huge and Amazon Bring Second Annual “Change for Good” Hackathon to Cannes Lions

The global experience agency Huge, Cannes Lions, Amazon, and Earth Day Network, the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, are announcing they will host the second annual “Change for Good” Hackathon at the 66th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this June. The Hackathon will help create the technical solutions and complementary creative campaigns needed for Earth Challenge 2020, a global citizen science initiative of Earth Day Network, the Wilson Center, and the Eco-Capitals Forum that will mark the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Working with Cannes Lions, six…

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Global Partners, Plans Underway For 50th Anniversary Of Earth Day

It may have passed for this year but the Earth Day Network is finalizing plans to mark Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary in 2020 for what Denis Hayes, the organizer of the first Earth Day, believes will be the most diverse global mobilization in defense of the environment in world history.   Major global players, including multilaterals, faith groups, teachers, universities, museums, science organizations, state governments, mayors, artists, athletes and other vital stakeholders, are streaming into this effort to advance the goals of the 50th Anniversary.  Earth Day Network and its many partners plan to…

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Earth Day Network in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and U.S. Department of State, Announces Earth Challenge 2020, a Citizen Science Initiative

In anticipation of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day in 2020, Earth Day Network, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the U.S. Department of State, through the Eco-Capitals Forum, announce Earth Challenge 2020, a Citizen Science Initiative. This initiative is in collaboration with Connect4Climate – World Bank Group, Conservation X Labs, Hult Prize, National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE), Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Reset, SciStarter, UN Environment and others to be announced. Earth Challenge 2020 will help fulfill our goal of engaging millions of global citizens…

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