Earth Day in Tokyo Location: Booth and Event Area within Yoyogi Park Organizers:
Earthday Tokyo is a Social Movement promoting green Economy Contact : Earth Day Tokyo Theme: “Shift Green” Focus topics :
Earthday Energy Action : the two day event will be managed 100% by green energy , solar, bio-diesel and hydrogen. Also offset CO2. (2007 CO2 emission 1.2ton offset)
Earthday Food Action: Organic, locally produced, non-GMO food will be available from over 40 different restaurants, cafes on site. Plate and cutlery lending and re-use station is available on site to reduce trash
Earthday Agri Action : Organic Farmers Market
Booth and Event Area within Yoyogi Park
Earthday Kitchen: over 40 restaurants and cafes offering organic, non-GMO food
Earthday Market: farmers market
Earthday Garden: eco-friendly products and handmade crafts for sale.
NGO Village: exhibition of NGOs activities
Green Talk Stage: talks, speeches from green activists, cultural creative
Outdoor village: outdoor gear, apparel companies exhibiting their environmental activities
Kids Green Village: Toys and play space available for kids.
Baby Earthday : Nursery room and workshop for young moms .
Fair trade market
And more!
And more!
Music Lives
Ameblo
Nagisa Music Festival
Music Day Japan
Ameblo Drumcow Bargains, workshops and other Special service at Earthday Sponsor’s shops
Patagonia
Lush.Co
etc
Dates: April 19,20th. 2008. 10am-5pm
Expected attendance: 120,000
An event to mark the day April 22 was Earth Day. It is a tradition started by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson with the first Earth Day in April 1970. Earth Day Canada was started in 1990.

In Central Park, New York, the "Green Apple festival" marked the event. In Buenos Aires an "an entertainment event with an awareness component."

An earth fair was also held in Catalunya, Spain. The earth day website says that "the theme for this year's edition is the Fight Against Genetically Modified Organism which Poison the Planet."

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, also held an event to mark the day. This event is similar to an event last year that marked last year's earth day.

Another image of the events There were also events to mark the day in Caracas, Venezuela. The Earth Day website said "youth groups from Universities will make a vow as Citizens of the World and will launch Beja Contest 2008," in its description of these events.

There were also events in Chicago. According to the Earth Day website, Lincoln Park Zoo hosted some of these events.

Events in Tokyo, Japan also marked the day. The Earth Day website says that the "booth and Event Area within Yoyogi Park" hosted the event.

Other places across the world also marked the day. The Earth day website says that "Earth Day 2008 is expected to be the biggest yet, From Tokyo to Togo, to our flagship event on the National Mall in Washington, DC and 7 other U.S. cities, we will be galvanizing millions of people around the world behind a Call for Climate, our global warming action theme. "

Jim Connaughton, the chairman of Council on Environmental Quality for the US government, described Earth Day and explained how it was founded. Below is his description:




Connaughton also described what George W. Bush is doing to mark the event: