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Terms to remember:

Earth Hour and Earth Day –

Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd of every year. It is a day of civic participation and political action towards the earth’s changing condition. The theme of this year’s earth day was ‘end plastic pollution’.

Earth Hour is a movement started by a world wild fund for nature. The event is held annually encouraging individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm on a specific day towards the end of March, as a symbol of commitment to the planet. This year it was held on March 24th.


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