{"id":109895,"date":"2026-04-17T10:25:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/when-is-earth-day-2026-heres-the-date-this-year-and-what-it-means\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:25:46","slug":"when-is-earth-day-2026-heres-the-date-this-year-and-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/when-is-earth-day-2026-heres-the-date-this-year-and-what-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"When is Earth Day 2026? Here\u2019s the date this year and what it means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"89630607007\" title=\"The History of Earth Day\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/04\/13\/NGRM\/89594588007-earth-day.jpg?crop=611,344,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\">\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>The History of Earth Day<\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive look at the evolution of Earth Day from its 1970 origins to a global environmental movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthday.org\/\">Earth Day<\/a>\u00a0is celebrated one each spring to promote environmental protection and awareness.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Celebrating its 56th year, this year&#8217;s Earth Day theme, &#8220;Our Power, Our Planet,&#8221; calls for people worldwide to unite behind renewable energy and promote clean electricity.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">When is Earth Day?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2024\/04\/22\/google-doodle-earth-day-2024\/73396823007\/\">Earth Day<\/a>\u00a0falls on April 22 every year. This year, it falls on a Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The day &#8211; created to bring communities together to celebrate nature and educate the public on critical environmental issues &#8211; has been celebrated for decades but it is not a federally-recognized holiday, according to Congress.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What are the origins of Earth Day?<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/17\/USAT\/86746507007-2695670.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/17\/USAT\/86746507007-2695670.jpg?crop=2726,2046,x0,y852 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/17\/USAT\/86746507007-2695670.jpg?crop=2726,3636,x0,y57 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/17\/USAT\/86746507007-2695670.jpg?crop=2726,1534,x0,y1687 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Peter Keegan\/Getty Images\" caption=\"Earth Day in New York, 1970, part of the largest organized event in American history to date. Over 20 million people participated in events concerning the environment. On this New York street, they are recycling glass and cans.\" orientation=\"vertical\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 when 20 million people went to inaugural events at schools, universities and other public areas around the country, according to the Library of Congress&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/today-in-history\/april-22\/#:~:text=Earth%20Day%20was%20first%20observed,sites%20across%20the%20United%20States.\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1969, Democratic U.S. Senator\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/search\/bio\/N000033\">Gaylord Nelson<\/a>\u00a0of Wisconsin proposed a series of &#8220;teach-ins&#8221; at university campuses to raise awareness of environmental threats. He was joined by Congressman Pete McCloskey (R-CA) and activist Denis Hawyer, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2025\/04\/earth-day-2025-climate-change-global-action-protest-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0World Economic Forum<\/a>. They they wanted to create a national movement that extended beyond students and academia.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>McCloskey,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/ap-pete-mccloskey-gop-congressman-who-once-challenged-nixon-dies-at-96\/\">a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican<\/a>\u00a0who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day, worked to pass the Clean Air Act in 1970. The Environmental Protection Agency was created the same year after the public demanded cleaner water, air, and land as more disasters caused by climate change and pollution impacted the country.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">How many countries celebrate Earth Day?<\/h2>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2017\/04\/22\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636284575448510162-EPA-epaselect-INDIA-WORLD-EARTH-DAY.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/c811d0c2ca513f45e4e802e1ef11fb2f1019e01e\/c=426-0-5334-3690\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/04\/22\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636284575448510162-EPA-epaselect-INDIA-WORLD-EARTH-DAY.jpg 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/40ab2bb1c8805f0862689c1e140ed8998f276726\/c=1496-0-4264-3690\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/04\/22\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636284575448510162-EPA-epaselect-INDIA-WORLD-EARTH-DAY.jpg 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/8d9360f327942c484a4b718ee86cd6df6de27455\/c=0-218-5760-3472\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/04\/22\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636284575448510162-EPA-epaselect-INDIA-WORLD-EARTH-DAY.jpg 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Rajat Gupta\/European Pressphoto Agency\" caption=\"An Indian child walks near the waste dumped inside a drain on the World Earth day in New Delhi, India. Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 in many countries to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the earth's environment.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In 1990 &#8211; the 20th anniversary &#8211; Earth Day went global, with more than 140 nations participating, according to The History Channel.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Earth Day Network (EDN), a nonprofit organization that coordinates Earth Day activities, said that currently the organization collaborates with more than 1 billion people from 192 countries for Earth Day activities, making it the \u201cthe largest secular day of protest in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributing: USA Today network<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-04-17 09:24:10.386337053 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-04-17 09:24:10.386337053 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2026\/04\/17\/when-is-earth-day-2026-date-what-it-means\/89642233007\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The History of Earth Day A comprehensive look at the evolution of Earth Day from its 1970 origins to a global environmental movement. 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