Earth Day 2010 – What Have You Done To Fight Climate Change?
"Mother Earth - our only home - is under pressure...
Without a sustainable environmental base, we will have little hope of attaining our objectives for reducing poverty and hunger and improving health and human well-being.”
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Message for International Mother Earth Day
22 April 2010
Mother Earth is a common expression for the planet earth in a number of countries and regions, which reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet. For instance, Bolivians call Mother Earth Pachamama and Nicaraguans refer to her as Tonantazin.
The proclamation of 22nd April as International Mother Earth Day is an acknowledgement that the Earth and its ecosystem provide its inhabitants with life and sustenance. It also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for in the 1992 Rio Declaration, to promote harmony with nature and the Earth to achieve a just balance among the economic, social and environmental needs of present and future generations of humanity.
International Mother Earth Day provides an opportunity to raise public awareness around the world to the challenges regarding the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports.
To find out more about hoe young people around the world participate and take action to save the earth, please visit the Unite Climate website: www.uniteforclimate.org
Post: April 2010; Source: Unites Nations