By Axelle (Year 9)Since 1970, Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22, and this year was no different. Despite being online, the GV community came together and contributed to joining millions of others across the world celebrating this year's Earth Day with the theme of “Restore Our Earth”! Why is Earth day so important? Earth day raises awareness and educates us about environmental issues. It also reminds us of how beautiful our earth is and how important it is that we take care of it. What action did our community take? To celebrate Earth Day this year, we asked people for photos of themselves in nature to produce the GV Earth Day Virtual Selfie Wall, and we made a video to showcase everyone's pictures. Archive of our celebration can be found on our website: https://gvgreenmatters.weebly.com/earth-day-2021.html But we did not stop there.
We started fundraising to plant Mangrove Trees. So far we have raised enough money to plant 232 trees, and we sincerely thank all that contributed. ! Students, staff and parents were also able to sell unwanted items on our GV Online Second-Hand shop on our website to raise money and give the objects a second life. Although the Earth Day 2021 is over, here is an important reminder: there are many things you can do to keep the theme going. Here are some ideas, just to name a few: -Keep selling unwanted items on the GV Online Second-Hand shop -Keep recycling -Keep educating yourself and raising awareness Thank you to everyone who took part in this year's Earth Day, and we look forward to next year’s celebration! -The GV Green Team
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