Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on 22 April to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries. The Carmelite NGO will celebrate Earth Day with a Mass celebrated by Fr Hariawan Adji, OCarm. There is also an introduction by Fr Eduardo Agosta Scarel, OCarm.

Brief History of Earth Day

1970 – The first Earth Day mobilized 20 million Americans to call for increased protections for our planet.

1990 – Earth Day goes global, mobilizing 200 million in 141 countries.

2000 – Earth Day leverages the power of digital media to build millions of local conversations across more than 180 countries.

2010 – Earth Day Network launches A Billion Acts of Green and The Canop Project.  Earth Day engages 75,000 global partners in 192 countries.

2020 – Today, Earth Day is recognized as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than a billion people every year as a DAY OF ACTION to change human behavior and create global, national and local policy changes.

Visit the Carmelite NGO website. Scroll down to see videos of the Liturgy & Introduction.