WASHINGTON, May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- An influential group
of international leaders including former U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry; Her Royal Highness
Princess Lalla Hasnaa of Morocco;
Kaddu Sebunya, CEO of the African
Wildlife Foundation; Abe Minkara,
Business Development Director of Mark Cuban Companies; Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group;
Lydia Camarillo, Vice President of
the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project; Ed Brown, Director and CEO of Care of Creation;
and Sanjoy Roy, Managing Director of
Teamwork Arts have been named to Earth Day Network's official
Global Advisory Committee for the 50th anniversary of Earth
Day in 2020.
These individuals join an esteemed committee, now 35 members
strong, including leaders like Virgin Group founder Sir
Richard Branson, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, artist Maya Lin, and Apple Vice President Lisa Jackson to support major global activities
that will mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in
2020.
"We are thrilled to welcome these global leaders of the private
sector, civil society, arts, and the international political realm
to complement our efforts as we surge ahead to the major
engagements around the world for the 50th anniversary of the first
Earth Day," said Kathleen Rogers,
Earth Day Network President.
"2020 has to be the year of enormous, ambitious change that will
take the promise of the positive action underway and make it bigger
and bolder worldwide. With the guidance and support of these
leaders, 2020 has the potential to be a pivotal moment, an
inflection point for people, planet, and our shared prosperity,"
said Rogers.
The first Earth Day on April 22,
1970 enlisted 20 million Americans and is credited with
launching the modern environmental movement. It led to passage of
landmark environmental laws including the Clean Air, Clear Water
and Endangered Species Acts, as well as the creation of the
Environmental Protection Agency. When Earth Day went global in 1990
with more than 200 million individuals taking part, many countries
soon adopted similar laws and agencies. Today, Earth Day is the
largest civic observance in the world, with more than a billion
participants each year.
Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network (EDN) is
the world's largest recruiter to the environmental
movement. Learn more at www.earthday.org/2020
communications@earthday.org
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