The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009. Mother Earth is urging a call to action – a need to shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet. Protecting the planet is everyone’s responsibility. Earth Day had it origins back in the 60’s and was first celebrated in 1970. It was Ambassador Pablo Solón Romero of Bolivia who spearheaded the International Mother Earth Day Resolution in the General Assembly together with Harmony with Nature, and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. One of his approaches was to collaborate with the NGO Community. I was part of that advocacy group leading up to the Resolution in 2009.
The Day recognizes the Earth and its ecosystems as humanity’s common home and the need to protect her to enhance people’s livelihoods, counteract climate change, and stop the collapse of biodiversity.
Climate change, man-made changes to nature as well as crimes that disrupt biodiversity, such as deforestation, land-use change, intensified agriculture and livestock production or the growing illegal wildlife trade, can accelerate the speed of destruction of the planet.
Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action – a need to shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet. Protecting the planet is everyone’s responsibility. Mother Earth is urging a call to action – a need to shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet. Protecting the planet is everyone’s responsibility. Earth Day had it origins back in the 60’s and was first celebrated in 1970. It was Ambassador Pablo Solón Romero of Bolivia who spearheaded the International Mother Earth Day Resolution in the General Assembly together with Harmony with Nature, and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. One of his approaches was to collaborate with the NGO Community.