🌿 Celebrating Earth Day!

FFORC | April 22, 2025

🌎 What is Earth Day, and why does it matter?

Earth Day, celebrated every year on April 22, is a global call to protect our environment and promote sustainable living. First celebrated in 1970, it launched the modern environmental movement and continues to raise awareness about pollution, climate change, conservation, and environmental justice.

But Earth Day isn't just about planting trees or cleaning up parks—it's about building healthier, more equitable communities. Our environment shapes our health in every way: the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the ways we move through our neighborhoods.

When we:

• Support sustainable food systems,

  
  

• Invest in walkable, bikeable, and transit-friendly infrastructure,

  
  

• And ensure that all communities—especially those most impacted by environmental injustice—have access to healthy, green spaces...

We’re protecting both people and the planet. Climate justice is health justice.

🌿 What’s one idea you have to help make your community healthier and more sustainable—for people and the planet?

#TogetherWeTHRIVE