Global Network of National Geoparks

Thematic Activities Being Held on the 40th World Earth Day

Source :http://www.globalgeopark.org Published :April 23, 2009



The story about me and the earth is being told with the paintbrush


Publicity activities on the 40th World Earth Day is being held by the Ministry of Land and Resources


This April 22 was the 40th World Earth Day, when the Ministry of Land and Resources, P.R.C. held publicity activities ceremoniously on the theme “to know the earth, to guarantee development — to get to know our home further”. Simultaneously, similar activities were staged throughout China to evoke attentions to human common home — the earth. Numbers of ordinary people were attracted, among whom considerable pupils showed their own drawings of the earth. These imaginative drawings represented children’s ideal and good wish, expressing their awareness of protecting the environment and earth.