Join us for Call to Earth Day on December 4, 2024, and celebrate Connected Generations
By Nadia Leigh-Hewitson and Woojin Lee, CNN
(CNN) — Humans are causing alarming changes to the planet. Collectively, we are destroying ecosystems, polluting the ocean and altering our climate. As individuals, we can all play a role in making things better.
On December 4, 2024 we’re holding the fourth annual Call to Earth Day. Celebrating a planet worth protecting, we’ll partner with schools, individuals and organizations across the world to raise awareness of environmental issues and to engage with conservation education. Join December 4 for a special day of coverage on TV, digital and our social media channels.
What is Call to Earth?
Call to Earth is a CNN initiative dedicated to conservation, environmentalism and sustainability. Across TV, our website and social media, we tell stories about our incredible planet and the remarkable people who are protecting it.
How to run a Call to Earth Day event
People of all ages can make a positive impact on our planet. Young and old can inspire each other. Indigenous knowledge can be shared far and wide. Call To Earth Day – Connected Generations celebrates the links between people and how these can help to reverse human impact on the planet.
Across the globe, incredible individuals and groups are working to protect and preserve nature using learnings from the past to create a better future.
On December 4, 2024 CNN’s fourth annual Call to Earth Day, Connected Generations, will celebrate these people while inspiring change.
Your participation is key to a successful Call to Earth Day, and we’re grateful you’re keen to be involved. Planning an event can be daunting, so here are our top tips on how to embark on your Call to Earth Day preparations.
Identify your goals
Whether you live in the wilderness and have firsthand experience of the dangers to the Earth’s natural spaces, or whether you can effect change at the source by altering your habits and educating others, you can help us to protect Our Shared Home.
To get started it’s important to figure out what you hope to achieve with your event. It could focus on reducing plastic pollution, tackling deforestation, protecting biodiversity, or a different environmental issue that is close to your heart.
Decide what to do
Last year, groups around the world carried out beach and river cleans, held tree-planting sessions, and crafted ambitious art projects. For inspiration, you can check out a selection of last year’s amazing events here.
Decide which environmental issue you want to take action on and try to figure out how your group can help.
Get help
If you need a little encouragement, you can use our Call to Earth Day activity prompts – they are particularly good for events involving younger children.
If you are still struggling to figure out what to do, we’re here to help. Drop us an email at calltoearth@warnermedia.com and one of the team will be in touch to help you craft your event.
Register your event
Once you have a plan, the next step is to let us know what your event will be. You can register your Call to Earth Day event below.
Spread the word
Now you need to let your network know what you’re doing, and when, where, and why your event is taking place. (We find emails, social media, and word of mouth are a little better for the planet than posters.)
When the day comes, make sure to let the world know about your event. Please be sure to take pictures and videos of what you get up to and post them on social media.
Please use the hashtag #CallToEarth or #CallToEarthDay so we can find the posts and potentially feature them in our coverage of the day.
If you want to make beautiful videos of your event, you can download special Call to Earth music to put in the background below. If you use music that we don’t own, then we sadly won’t be able to share your videos!
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