Who gave the word ‘Earth Day’

Julian Koenig was the first to bring the word ‘Earth Day’ among the people. In 1969, he first introduced the word to the people. To celebrate this movement related to environment protection, he chose the date of his birthday on 22 April. He believed that with ‘Earth Day’ ‘Birthday’ mixes rhythm.

 Theme of Earth Day 2020

On Earth Day, April 22, 2020, the world is facing two crises: One is the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and another one is climatic conditions. Climate Action is the theme for Earth Day 2020.  Climate change is the greatest threat to the survival of mankind and the life-sustaining structures that make our planet habitable.

Though the world was not prepared for the Novel coronavirus attack but to fight with climate crisis we still have time. We can, will and must solve both challenges. The outbreak of coronavirus has reminded us to improve our earth and address our climate crisis otherwise our current situation will become a new normal — a world where pandemics and extreme weather events cover the globe.

If we want to bring change in climate and want to save our mother earth, every individual follows some tips to save the environment.

1. Use environmentally-friendly, non-toxic cleaning products.
2. Replace inefficient incandescent light bulbs with efficient CFLs or LEDs. Reduce your carbon footprint by 450 pounds a year.
3. Carpool, ride your bike, use public transportation or drive an electric or hybrid car. Reduce your carbon footprint by one pound for every mile you do not drive.
4. Keep your tires properly inflated and get better gas mileage. Reduce your carbon footprint 20 pounds for each gallon of gas saved.
5. Change your car’s air filter regularly.
6. Teleconference instead of traveling. If you fly five times per year, those trips are likely to account for 75% of your personal carbon footprint.
7. Stop using disposable plastics, especially single-use plastics like bottles, bags, and straws.
8. Recycle paper, plastic, and glass. Reduce your garbage by 10% and your carbon footprint by 1,200 pounds a year.
9. Donate your old clothes and home goods instead of throwing them out. When you need something, consider buying used items.
10. Use cloth towels instead of paper ones.
11. Change your paper bills to online billing. You’ll be saving trees and the fuel it takes to deliver your bills by truck.
12. Read documents online instead of printing them.
13. When you need to use paper, make sure it’s 100% post-consumer recycled paper.
14. Set your office printer to print two-sided.
15. Collect used printer, fax, and copier cartridges to recycle.
16. Convince your school district or office building to choose reusable utensils, trays, and dishes in the cafeteria.
17. Use reusable bottles for water, and reusable mugs for coffee.
18. Bring reusable bags when you shop.
19. Pack your lunch in a reusable bag.
20. Organize to have healthy, locally-sourced food served at in your school district.
21. Buy local food to reduce the distance from farm to fork. Buy straight from the farm, frequent your local farmers’ market, or join a local food co-op.
22. Buy organic food to keep your body and the environment free of toxic pesticides. Support farmers and companies who use organic ingredients.

Information source: https://www.earthday.org/

The “Gogreen initiative” has been launched in association with Haryana State Pollution Control Board to create awareness about the need to increase the forest cover to address air pollution, which is the theme of this year’s World Environment Day celebrated on June 5.

To reduce the impact of air pollution, planting trees is one of the significant efforts to fight against air pollution,” Dr. Tarun Sapra said in a statement.

An initiative of planting seeds will encourage people to make a positive contribution to improving the green cover.

Dr. Dinesh Sehgal said, “protecting and saving the environment is the responsibility of every individual and through this initiative, we are encouraging people to plant trees and improve their health.

Air pollution can’t be seen but it is present everywhere. It is affecting our health and the environment badly. If we look for the causes of air pollution, indoor and outdoor activities both play an important role in raising the air pollutants level. Households chores like the burning of fossil fuels, wood and other biomass, vehicles, industries harmful gases, agriculture waste, and open waste burning and organic waste in landfills are all causes air pollution.

Thus, to educate the people on environmental issues and encouraging them to adopt that methods and techniques that are useful for all. Because saving our Earth from depletion is our major responsibility being a human creature. The future of our planet is entirely in our hands and it is about time we realize the severity of the situation.

Internationally known and one of the most popular Sufi singers of Punjab, Kanwar Grewal will be performing live on Dec 8, 2018 i.e. today in Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Auditorium, GJUS&T, Hisar. Known for his powerful voice, spiritual music blend in Sufi Devotion, Grewal is highly acclaimed artist. This event is organised by Mission Green Foundation with the noble purpose of prospering their ‘Green Environment Drive’.

The event will begin at 4pm with the auspicious presence of Sri Sri 1008 Baba Kalidas Ji Maharaj. Rajya Sabha member, Dr. D.P. Vats, will prseside over as Chief Guest. Besides him, many special guests such as Mr. Ashok Meena, Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Tankeshwar Kumar. V.C., GJU, Mr. Shivcharan Atri, S. P. Hisar etc. will grace the evening with their gracious presence.

The sole purpose of this musical evening is to create awareness among people about Eco friendly measures, environment friendly attitudes etc. in their lifestyle as told by the chairperson and founder, Sh. Sehzanand Naath, foundation Mission Green.

Many people from and outside the city are coming to attend this musical evening, which is going to be huge and memorable in the history of Hisar. Entry passes are out to be collected.