April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This year join in celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day digitally at the Earth Day Network, US Fish & Wildlife Service, NASA, NOAA, National Park Service, and the EPA.
Explore some of the information resources on the internet and library databases. Here are a few suggestions to get started.
To learn more about the history of Earth Day. See: https://www.earthday.org/history/
Earth Day activities at Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=earth+day+2020+activities&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp
%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch
Check out the EarthxFilms that are available for free viewing: https://earthx.org/film/
LIVE: The Field Guide to Citizen Science–and other free resources from your library! View the recording of this presentation
Planet Earth: Seven Ways to Help Save the World (STC library database – Films on Demand)*
Environmental Issues (STC library database – eLibrary)*
* Please note: If you are off-campus, you will need to enter your JagNet username and password to access library databases.
Earth Day image from Pressenza.
Contributed by Librarian, Maureen Mitchell