Earth Day 2009
Each year since 1970, we celebrate our planet. Numerous events are organized by local authorities, associations or museums. Currently more than 170 countries participate in one way or another.
This year, the French Department of Ecology supports a reforestation program, initiated by Planète Urgence, where every citizen is invited to make a donation of 1 euro to plant a tree. Their goal is to plant 6 million trees by 2012.
A large exhibition will be presented from April 23rd until May 12th at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, entitled “Future of the Earth, are the dice thrown?”. This exhibition offers a discovery of our environment, to ask critical questions about the future of the planet.
In the Puy de Dome, the park Vulcania organizes a special day with a series of animations, as observer or Planet corner experiences, where visitors can see the impact of human activities on environment.
In the United States, the Clinton Foundation disseminates the phenomenon Green School to educate children with basic gestures for the planet.
In Canada, a symbolic march will take place April 22 and will host more than 1,500 walkers in thirteen cities in order raise awareness and raise funds to ensure that access to potable water is a right for all. This will take place from April 26, 2009 in major U.S. cities and Europe.
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