Earth Day is observed on April 22. The day aims to spread awareness about issues, including pollution, deforestation and global warming.
A number of campaigns, drives and events are organised to motivate people to come together and help find solutions to problems plaguing our planet.
The theme for Earth Day 2022 is “Invest In our Planet” calling for businesses to shift towards sustainable practices.
The United Nations celebrates the day as International Mother Earth Day. It will mark the day with the theme - “Harmony with Nature”.
During the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, 20 million hit the streets across cities to protest against the impacts of 150 years of industrial development which had left a growing legacy of serious human health impacts.
Google Doodle has issued real time-lapse imagery to show the impact of climate change across four different locales around Earth.
Imagery from each location will be displayed on the homepage of the Google search engine for several hours at a time.