* Arizona Chapter of Elders Climate Action * Arizona Interfaith Power and Light * Arizona Youth Climate Coalition * Black Canyon Heritage Park * Care for Creation Ministry at the Franciscan Renewal Center * Chispa Arizona * Citizen’s Climate Lobby * Defend Our Future * Earth Justice Ministry at UUCP * Ecomadres * Extinction Rebellion * Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy Environmental Coalition * Friends of Ironwood Forest * Great Old Broads for Wilderness * K-20 Changemaker Campus * Kids Climate Action Network * Mayor’s Office, City of Tucson * Sierra Club – Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter * The Climate Mobilization * Tucson Audubon Society * Union of Concerned Scientists * Yuma Audubon Society *
For Immediate Release
April 19, 2020
CONTACT: Sandy Bahr | Sierra Club | 602-999-5790| sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org
50th Anniversary of Earth Day goes online and in the backyard
Film screenings, discussions, workshops, storytelling, family art day, tree planting, and more!
(PHOENIX, AZ) April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Due to COVID19 social distancing, actions planned have migrated to online, backyard, or sidewalk projects. We may not be able to be close together, but we can still connect and take action on climate, clean air and water, and promote environmental justice. Join the movement.
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April 17-21 – Earth Day Story Time, Ecomadres, https://www.facebook.com/groups/MomsArizona
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April 17-26 – Free online, at home screening of the film "The Human Element"
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April 20 – Indigenous Peoples and the Climate Crisis webinar (with Laura Medina/Indigenous Peoples Day Arizona, Souta Calling Last/Indigenous Vision), AZ Youth Climate Coalition, 6:00 PM-7:30 PM
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April 20 – Video of Ecological quotes spoken by Care for Creation Ministry at the Franciscan Renewal Center @TheCasaFRC
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April 20-24 – Two “Love Made Visible” stories each day on social media from Arizona Interfaith Power & Light
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April 20-24 – Earth Day 50th Anniversary Interviews, Twitter storm, AZ Youth Climate Coalition, @climatestrikeaz, https://twitter.com/climatestrikeaz
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April 20-24 – Home tree planting & social media campaign, K-20 Changemaker Campus in Tucson #TucsonTreeLove & #TucsonMillionTrees
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April 21 – Postcards to Politicians on Climate, Sierra Club, 6:00 PM
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April 22-24 – Earth Day Live
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April 22-24 – Elders Take Action, Elders Climate Action
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April 22 – “Our Future Beyond COVID-19 – A Conversation Between Scientists and Youth.” AZ Youth Climate Coalition, Union of Concerned Scientists, webinar at 4:00 PM
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April 22 – Virtual Flyway with Tucson Audubon Society (details to follow)
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April 22 – Earth Day Webinar – Mayor’s Office, City of Tucson with Mayor Regina Romero, City of Tucson; Sonja Klinsky, School of Sustainability, ASU; Trevor Ledbetter, Office of Sustainability, UA; 12:30-2:30 PM
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April 22 – Celebrating Earth Day Community Meeting, Chispa AZ, 6:00 PM
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April 22 – High Schoolers for Climate Justice is doing a digital campaign making shrines to the future. Make a shoebox shrine of something you are afraid of losing or working to protect, send a photo to highschoolersforclimatejustice@gmail.com and @highschoolers4climatejustice on Instagram
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April 22 – Digital Climate Strike, AZ Youth Climate Coalition – Take a photo of yourself with a sign, use hashtags #WhyWeStrike #50YearsofChange, tag two polluters or politicians who you would like to see take bold action
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April 22 – Earth Day Cyber Celebration. Mayor Coral Evans, Supervisor Lena Fowler, and other elected officials of Northern Arizona will be there to share their vision to fight climate change while building the economy with new energy sources that can improve peoples’ livelihoods. Northern Arizona Climate Change Alliance, 5:00 PM
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April 23 – “At Home Advocacy” FB Live with Defend Our Future, 2:00 PM
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April 23 – “The Fight for Oak Flat” film screening and discussion, 6:30 PM
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April 24 – Latinos and the Climate Crisis webinar (with Chispa Arizona, EcoMadres, Mi Familia Vota), AZ Youth Climate Coalition, 6:30 PM-8:00 PM
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April 25 – “The Condor and the Eagle” film screening, UU Earth Ministry, register here, 5:00-7:30 PM
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