Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailIt’s been celebrated annually for almost 50 years, and now Earth Day 2018 is almost upon us. Earth Day is the perfect time to think about the planet will live on, as well as the damage our actions have on it. But what is Earth Day, and why do we celebrate it? Now it is coordinated globally by the non-profit Earth Day Network, which describes it as "the largest secular holiday in the world". More than two decades on, at least 192 countries mark Earth Day every year, including Britain, Canada, Ukraine, Spain, and the Philippines.

Source: Daily Mirror April 19, 2018 10:59 UTC