Programs & Events

Earthday 2007 International Events and Accomplishments

In 2007, EDN’s international members organized 10,000 Earth Day events outside the United States, disseminating information on a wide variety of environmental challenges, and demonstrating the power of Earth Day to rally millions of people behind our environmental welfare. Of those 10,000,EDN directly collaborated on events in Togo, Russia, Ghana, Somalia, and China.

With our partner in Togo, Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement, EDN spent a week teaching thousands of people throughout the country about climate change. In Russia, Viola used our support to green a dozen schools. Another NGO, MOPGEL, used the grant we provided to teach the impoverished inhabitants of Buduburam Refugee camp in Ghana about hygiene, sanitation, and water, and to clean the camp. In Somalia, the Somali Human Rights Organization planted 500 trees in its war-torn country to raise awareness of the connection between deforestation, water poverty, and violent conflict. In China, Global Village Beijing conducted a waste awareness and reduction campaign with our support.

Click on any of the above icons to access EDN's Earth Day Stories, and in pictures and words see how people around the world celebrate Earth Day. Have your own Earth Day Story to tell? If you would like it to appear on our website, please send your pictures and a short narrative including a description of the issue you addressed, your campaign or event, and your results to Garcia<at>earthday.net. Sharing your Earth Day Stories allows others to follow in your footsteps, spreading environmental awareness and action around the world.

In 2006, EDN helped its partners in China plan events in ten different cities to raise awareness of climate change and what people can do to reduce their climate impact.

In 2005, EDN worked with its partners in Ukraine to bring over 150,000 people together in Kiev to speak up for the environment and against nuclear energy.

For over 37 years, people around the world have been celebrating Earth Day. To help you make Earth Day a day of change, EDN will continue to provide you with a base of communications and information, wherever you are in the world.