International Mother Earth Day
UN's official version of Earth Day, adopted 2009 — pushed by Bolivia under Evo Morales. The 'Mother Earth' framing comes from Andean Indigenous tradition.
- Category
- Awareness
- Observed in
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Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2022
American climate activist Wynn Bruce set himself on fire outside the United States Supreme Court Building in an apparent protest against the climate crisis.- 2025At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack.
- 2020Four police officers are killed after being struck by a truck on the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in Victoria Police history.
- 2016The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.