Earth Day 2020 - A message of SOLIDARITY & INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES
By Rodolfo "ROPO" Beltrán
Director Earth Day 2020 Campaign,
Region South America.
Earth Day Netwok President KATHLEEN ROGERS and its international team, along with Partners and Volunteers worldwide planned many public events to commemorate this important day.
On March 11, 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel corona
virus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. Earth Day Network took all the
provisions to observe strictly WHO´s norms and each country local regulations.
With less than 2 months before April 22nd, 2020 Earth Day International Offices and Coordinators had to transform all public events to Digital formats as well as Solidarity Campaigns. Our partners and volunteers reacted immediately. Creative network informtion ways were introduced to deliver a message for the EARTH. A call for commitments by Central, State, and Municipal Governments and Media was displayed to include in their AGENDA a course of action for Climate Emergency. The PANDEMIC is now the priority and Climate Change activities and solidarity is a must to face this challege today and in the future..
During Earth Day 2020 Campaign I was impressed by the positive actions for our environment of National, Municipal Governments and Civil Society in South America.
This continent has a 5.53% share of global population, is a small CO2 emitter: accounting for 3-4% of global emission and alone has more than 40 percent of the Earth's biodiversity, and more than one-quarter of its forests. Certainly an important area of Mother Earth to protect. Most governments have ongoing Legislation on Environment and climate change. Municipalities have implemented Environmental Education in Schools and development of Green Cities.
“This
unprecedented time has stopped us all in our tracks,” said Kathleen
Rogers, President of Earth Day Network. “As each of us ensures that
those around us are safe and well, it is in a momentous opportunity to examine
our individual and collective relationship with the natural world and how our
activities impact the planet. The way forward is hopeful, and we have an
opportunity to forever change how we interact with the environment in our own
backyard and our community at large.”
With less than 2 months before April 22nd, 2020 Earth Day International Offices and Coordinators had to transform all public events to Digital formats as well as Solidarity Campaigns. Our partners and volunteers reacted immediately. Creative network informtion ways were introduced to deliver a message for the EARTH. A call for commitments by Central, State, and Municipal Governments and Media was displayed to include in their AGENDA a course of action for Climate Emergency. The PANDEMIC is now the priority and Climate Change activities and solidarity is a must to face this challege today and in the future..
The event was a total was success!
The
event was a CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL REFERENDUM addressed
to all citizens in the world, the Environmental Community, NGO's, private firms
and organizations that share our ideals.
On April 22, more than 100 million
people worldwide raised their voices and took action for our planet. This was
the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an Earth Day unlike any other. Earth Day’s
live-streamed digital event broadcast reached more than 8.5 million views, and
Earth Day was the number-one trending hash tag around the world
INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AMERICA
During Earth Day 2020 Campaign I was impressed by the positive actions for our environment of National, Municipal Governments and Civil Society in South America.
This continent has a 5.53% share of global population, is a small CO2 emitter: accounting for 3-4% of global emission and alone has more than 40 percent of the Earth's biodiversity, and more than one-quarter of its forests. Certainly an important area of Mother Earth to protect. Most governments have ongoing Legislation on Environment and climate change. Municipalities have implemented Environmental Education in Schools and development of Green Cities.
Public and Private
Universities have implemented sustainable actions for
Certified Green Campus, City Clean Ups, Artists, Faith and Environmental
Organized Groups. All of them have made commitments to protect local
Flora, Fauna to reach a minimum of 30% of Protected Areas.
Definitely there is a
positive change of attitude in people and government to include the ENVIRONMENT
in the day to day AGENDA.
Our special gratitude to more than 90 Honorary
Partners and Ambassadors and more than 3,000 Voluntaries in South America. All
of them are mentioned and always present in our media channels. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJnPw2ws9n0H60dvNQvCU9w/
All their events were postponed or changed to Digital Events to comply with current Pandemic regulations. Among their many national and international digital events [3], one in particular called our attention for its message of Culture, art and folklore as well as the importance of being an Inclusive Community against Climate Change and the protection of our environment.
This is the case of its members BERNARDO ZAMARI DIOGO and sister VALENTINA ZAMARI DIOGO that dedicated to Earth 2020 one of the most beautiful and creative messages calling action for Climate Change.
Congratulations to them and the family of ABRASOFFA presided by Helena Lourenco !
1. The First Earth Day in April 1970. Source
https://www.epa.gov/history/epa-history-earth-day
It may be hard to imagine
that before 1970, a factory could spew black clouds of toxic smoke into the air
or dump tons of toxic waste into a nearby stream, and that was perfectly legal.
They could not be taken to court to stop it.
How was that possible? Because
there was no EPA, no Clean Air Act, no Clean Water Act. There were no legal or
regulatory mechanisms to protect our environment.In spring 1970, Senator
Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day as a way to force this issue onto the national
agenda. Twenty million Americans demonstrated in different U.S. cities, and it
worked! In December 1970, Congress authorized the creation of a new federal
agency to tackle environmental issues, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
2. Abrasoffa
Source: https://www.facebook.com/abrasoffa
Non-profit organization, with OSCIP title and special
consultative status from ECOSOC-UN. Projects focused on culture, folklore and
traditions, social, educational development and social inclusion. Headquartered
in Santos Brazil, it has an international presence in several countries in
Latin America and El Mundo.
In September 2019, we started the partnership with
@earthdaysouthamerica and on December 16, 2019 we were in Washington with our
partner Austin Dows of earthday.org and Jose Ricardo Viana. We had to postpone (CORONA
VIRUS Pandemic) the event on April 18 with schools, NGOs, public authorities
and universities more than 2000 people confirmed for the future.
We launched virtual resources to commemorate
22.04.2020 with the following CAMPAIGNS ... Our gratitude to all
who are supporting
3.Abrasoffa Digital Events
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