Earth Day 2000 has launched a multi-year campaign to address the major environmental issues facing our planet, and turn the problems into opportunities. It uses cutting-edge information technology and traditional grassroots organising to mobilise half a billion people around the world to demand serious change. If this campaign is successful, the next several years will see a quantum change in what is viewed as politically possible. In this first year of the campaign, Earth Day Network is focussing on energy and climate change. The wasteful use of outdated energy sources is causing climate change, oil spills, nuclear waste, acid rain, air pollution that harms human health, and myriad other environmental problems and social costs.
Energy efficiency saves money, benefits the economy, creates new jobs, and enhances human health.
The time is long overdue to begin a serious, rapid transition to renewable energy resources. Rapidly phase out funding for fossil fuel projects. Future Earth Days will deal with other global themes that can be addressed effectively at all levels, from the United Nations to the individual household and neighbourhood. Each Earth Day, Earth Day Network will select the theme for the following year's campaign. Human Health and the Environment.