Earth Day
April 22
Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22nd to celebrate and emphasize the environmental movement and to raise awareness of why environmental issues are important and what we can be doing.
To learn more about the history of Earth Day, visit:
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/earth-day/
https://www.earthday.org/history/
To learn about NC’s history in the start of the Environmental Justice movement, visit:
We Birthed the Movement: The Warren County PCB Landfill Protests, 1978-1982
