Earth Day 2023: Unite for Our Planet

0:00It's April 21st. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. Tomorrow, millions worldwide had paused for Earth Day on April 22nd. This annual event kicked off back in 1970, sparked by folks like Gaylord Nelson and Dennis Hayes to rally people for a cleaner planet now, packed with 8 billion humans and trillions of other creatures. They picked that date smartly, a weekday sandwich between spring break and finals to pull in the most students for nationwide teachings and rallies. It's no federal holiday, but communities everywhere organize volunteer gigs like beach cleanups and parkour stores. Check earthday.org for global events or to sign up your own. The first one lit a fire under congress, leading to big winds like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, birthing the modern environmental push-thets, now active in over 192 countries. By 2000, it zeroed in on climate change, which keeps heating up. This year's vibe is, our power, our planet, pushing us all to team up and fight back against

1:04the damage. Let's make that energy count moving forward.