Earth Day 2021 

Photo Sequoia Case Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern, California

Case Mountain, California - established as an Area for Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) for its giant sequoias. Photo Bob Wick, BLM (Bureau of Land Management)

History of Earth Day

In spring 1970, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin created Earth Day as a way to tackle environmental issues and add this to 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, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

National Park Week - April 17-25

Stay connected with national parks during National Park Week as the celebration goes digital. More Than Just Parks. 

Find Your Virtual Park 

Documentaries that you can view FREE on Kanopy through eLibraryUSA

 

Saving my Tomorrow - 30 min., 2017, HBO.   Kids from around the world share their thoughts on a range of environmental issues, from endangered animals and pollution to climate change, while scientists at the American Museum of Natural History talk with kids about how organisms are affected by a changing earth.

10 City Parks that Changed America - 56 min. Documentary 2019, PBS.  Tells the story of 10 visionaries who took open canvases of God-forsaken land, and transformed them into serene spaces that offer city dwellers a respite from the hustle and bustle of urban life. From the elegant squares of Savannah, Georgia, to a park built over a freeway in Seattle, to the more recent High Line in New York, each story introduces the heroes who brought these parks to life, and the villains who preferred to exploit the land for private enterprise. Discover the evolution of our nation's city parks, and learn the history of landscape architecture - an American-born art in which human beings try their best to mimic nature.

Resources

Earth Day Site - https://www.earthday.org/restore-our-earth-social-graphics/

NASA Earth Day - https://science.nasa.gov/earth-day-2021#:~:text=Earth%20Day%20Network%20(EDN)%2C,DC's%20Union%20Station%20every%20year.

NASA Citizen Scientist - https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscience

National Ocean Service - https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ocean/earthday.html

EPA Earth Day - https://www.epa.gov/earthday

National Park Week - April 17 - 25 https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/national-park-week.htm

Nasa Earth App https://climate.nasa.gov/earth-apps/  It’s free, it’s dazzling and it puts Earth in the palm of your hands. NASA’s “Earth Now” app displays real-time global satellite data of your planet’s vital signs. Great for students, teachers and anyone interested in Earth science