Putting our planet first; toolkit for Earth Day. Image Shutterstock.
The first Earth Day was held in 1970, a proposal by peace activist John McConnell, that came out of the 1969 UNESCO Conference in San Francisco.
In 2020 over 100 million people around the world observed the 50th anniversary in what is being referred to as the largest online mass mobilization in history. But despite 50 years of collective campaigning, Climate Action is more urgent than ever.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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