Earth Day also known as international mother earth day is celebrated on April 22 every year. The day is observed to spread awareness about issues that harm the environment and result in the destruction of the planet including an increase in pollution, global warming, and deforestation.

Earth Day 2023 theme

the theme of world earth day 2023 is “Invest in our planet”, calling for businesses to shift towards sustainable practices. this movement is expected to change the business climate and the political climate.

Earth Day 2023 History

It may be hard to imagine that before 1970, a factory could spew black clouds of toxic smoke into the air or dump tons of toxic waste into a nearby stream, and that was perfectly legal. They could not be taken to court to stop it.

How was that possible? Because there was no EPA, no Clean Air Act, and no Clean Water Act. There were no legal or regulatory mechanisms to protect our environment.

In the spring of 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day as a way to force this issue onto 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 to tackle environmental issues, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Earth Day 2023 significance

Earth Day is celebrated across the globe to turn the limelight on the issues the environment is facing and to come up with actions against the illness of the planet.