For one day each year, we celebrate the earth and consider how each person can learn to live as a steward of all of the earth's beauty and resources.
This guide will engage your imagination with videos, challenge you to take an Earth IQ test, and link you to opportunities to learn and volunteer.
Discover "Green" at Oakton and the world beyond.
Climate Revolution
Earthdayorg. (2021 May 26). Climate Revolution [Video]. Youtube. https://youtu.be/kFz05uWUmoMhttps://youtu.be/kFz05uWUmoM
Mother Earth Day
International Mother Earth Day
April 22
The proclamation of 22 April as International Mother Earth Day is an acknowledgement that the Earth and its ecosystems provide its inhabitants with life and sustenance.
Environmental Legislation
- Summary of the Clean Water Act"The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters."
- Summary of the Clean Air Act"The Clean Air Act is the law that defines EPA's responsibilities for protecting and improving the nation's air quality and the stratospheric ozone layer."
- National Environmental Policy Act"The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was one of the first laws ever written that establishes the broad national framework for protecting our environment."