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Today is Earth Day.
April the 22nd was picked for Earth Day as some believe it marks the start of the modern environmental movement. The profile of the event has grown over the years and today many large companies will take part. You can take part yourself via the official site.
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What are you doing to mark Earth Day? If you can’t do anything else why not find other blogs covering the event and share, retweet and Google+ their posts to spread the message?
These rather primal photos of grown-up star Emma Watson are by James Houston for the book Natural Beauty.
As we have Earth Hour today and Earth Day later on in April it is a great time to be thinking about the issues raised.
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What do you think of Miss Watson’s pictures? Classy? Helping raise the profile of an important issue? Or are these out of character for the actress?
Via Buzzfeed.
Today is Earth Day. It is a time to recognise the planet we live on and the challenges we face with it.
To celebrate Earth Day this blog, In Pure Spirit, has collected 10 amazing pictures of nature which have surfaced on LiveJournal communties. None of these pictures were shared originally with a photographer attribution – if you know who deserves the thanks, please say so below.
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Which is your favouriate photograph? Are you doing anything for Earth Day?
Burt’s Bees is a brand behind natural skin care, hair care, soaps, baby productions and natural lotions.
The brand, which is active in the States and the UK, makes sure they have a community focus and you can read about their effort for Earth Day in their forum.
It’s also worth checking out this video created by Burt’s Bees with composer Diego Stocco. The music is created from Mother Nature herself – with the aid of some hi-tech recording devices and a little human wisdom.
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If you’ve any opnions on Burt’s Bees please let us know below. Have they been good to you?
What do you make of the music video? A good way to support Earth Day?
This video from Charity: Water is superb. It’s clear and easy to follow. It spells out the case very clearly for investing in better water solutions.
Charity: Water is particularly popuar among internet geeks like this blogger. A lot of internet companies spend their CSR efforts helping this charity. For example, if you’re on GetGlue then you can check into Earth Day and pick up a charity: water badge today.
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Do you think we could be doing any more to help solve the water crisis or is it ust a matter of raising the money, putting the solutions in motion and waiting for projects to complete?
Another post in In Pure Spirit’s Earth Day tribute and we’ve turned to the mighty Carl Sagan.
This is an animated version of “Pale Blue Dot” and a fantastic example of a powerful and thought provoking monologue.
The music is by Hans Zimmer and is called “You’re So Cool” and the animation is by Adam Winnik.
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What does this animation mean to you? Can you watch this without being moved?
Today is Earth Day. The theme this year is A billion acts of green as the internet and activisits mobilse to try and protect the planet.
The following ten pictures have been shared via Reddit, Digg and picture communities on LiveJournal. The photographers are unknown but please suggest photo credits in the comments below. They’re presented here as our contribution to Earth Day
Earth Day is always on April 22nd. In 2011 Earth Day is on a Friday. In 2012 Earth Day will be Sunday, April 22nd.
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What are you doing to support Earth Day? Have you seen any great Earth Day campaigns this week? Who’s doing well?
