Good Morning Copper Base,
Earth Day, Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Earth Day is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Wednesday 22nd April. It is a global event that happens every year. More than 1 billion people in 192 countries take part in what is the largest civic-focused day of action in the world. Usually, people march, sign petitions, meet with their elected officials, plant trees, clean up their towns and roads. Environment Organisations and governments use it to make pledges and announce sustainability measures.
The theme this year is Climate Action. Earth Day is running a Climate Action Challenge which you might like to get involved with at home. https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-challenge/
We would like you and your child to take part in this day if you can. You may want to link it with Mrs Smith’s assembly task this week to make it even more relevant. You could:
- Plant a vegetable from seed
- Reuse an item like newspaper, carton or toilet roll tube to make a plant pot or maybe upcycle something in your house giving it a new life as a plant container
- Reduce your food waste
- Create a healthy snack
- Make a meal from locally sourced food
- Try a plant based meal for lunch or dinner if you’ve never tried one
- Make your own wormery
- Make a bug hotel or a bird box using recycled items that could be found around the home
- Sow wildflower seeds to create a habitat for bees and insects
- Make a pledge linked with protecting our environment
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Refuse, Rethink!
You might have your own ideas about what you could do on this day. Please send photos with a short explanation of what you did along with any environmental pledges to earthday@damers.dorset.sch.uk by Friday.
Finally, you could watch Jane Goodall: “The Hope” documentary on Wednesday 22nd April at 8pm on National Geographic and Nat Geo WILD.
Have a great Earth Day, we look forward to seeing what you got up to.