Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide. Environmental challenges surround us as our actions pollute and often harm the fragile environment that humans and wildlife depend on to survive.
Earth Day is an annual event that provides the opportunity for positive actions and results and aims to inspire awareness of and appreciation for our environment. The United Nations celebrates Earth Day each year on the vernal (March) equinox. ***A global observance in many countries is held each year on April 22.

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Who Is Mother Earth?


Who is Mother Earth?
The ancient Greeks first embraced the concept of Mother Earth. Mother Earth (or Gaia as she was known) was the mother of all of the gods. She gave birth to both the sea and the sky and was the source of all life. While the other more violent gods ultimately supplanted Gaia, she remained the mother of all in Greek mythology.
In more recent years, Dr. James Lovelock resurrected Gaia when he gave her name to the Gaia Hypothesis - a scientific theory that states that all of the living elements of the planet are actually part of one living ecosystem. What we do to the planet, we do to ourselves.
Rather than being a doom and gloom theory, Lovelock maintains that Gaia will prevail, regardless of what we do to her. Instead of being afraid for Mother Earth, Lovelock’s theory states that it is we who should be afraid. According to Lovelock, if we threaten her enough, Gaia will eliminate us to ensure that her ecosystem will survive - confirming once and for all that it isn’t a really good idea to mess with Mother Nature!
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