April 22, 2025: INTERNATIONAL EARTH Day

 “Earth Day 2025: Today, Tuesday, April 22, countries all over the world come together to commemorate World Earth Day, which will be celebrated for the 55th year running in 2025. This year’s theme is ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, to achieve the ‘triple clean electricity’ target by 2030 through the usage of renewable energy.

This occasion is more than just a celebration; it is an important day for raising awareness, advocating, and engaging people in activities aimed at addressing the global climate changes and supporting environmental lifestyle adjustments.”

Happy Earth Day! May we all be inspired to care for our planet with the same love and respect it provides us!

● Basic background info:

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events in more than 193 countries, focusing on engaging more than 1 billion people, governments, institutions and businesses to recognize our collective responsibility and to help accelerate the transition to an equitable, prosperous green economy for all.

● My previous greetings on the same theme: International Earth Day – 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

April 2025: Happy EASTER!

 EASTER (Pascha) – a special moment of the year reemphasizing the significance of light, trust, hope and renewal.

Wishing you only the best!

֍ HAPPY EASTER! ֍ PAŞTE FERICIT! ֍ FROHE OSTERN! ֍ ΚΑΛΌ ΠΆΣΧΑ! ֍ JOYEUSES PÂQUES! ֍ BUONA PASQUA! ֍

NOTE:
Dear friends, as per your suggestions, for a little while, I left the comments section open for this card to help the ones who don't have any social media accounts but wish to express in direct a reply (or reflection) about this occasion. Many thanks!

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● Additional background info: Going beyond the religious significance of this holiday, here are few reference materials of general interest, depicting the secular and cultural facets of this feast. 

⚪ARTICLES:

“Easter Traditions in Romania” | “Romanian Orthodox Easter Traditions”  |  “Romanian traditions at Easter Time”

| “Easter Traditions from Around the World” | “Easter Foods From Around the World”  | “Traditions From Around the World to Celebrate Easter”  |  “How Different Countries Around the World Celebrate Easter”

⚪ VIDEOS:

(In English language): “Incredible Egg Art Will Awe You” (Short Film done by National Geographic) |

(In English language): “Exclusiv în România: Cel mai mare muzeu din lume dedicat ouălor încondeiate”
(In Ro language): “Taina încondeierii ouălor sau, cum o numesc localnicii, ‘scrierea ouălor’”

(In English language): “Traditional Easter Eggs in Romania”

● My previous greetings on the same theme: EASTER – 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

Friendly reminder: 

Dear readers, please be advised that on this website each of the previous postings, pertaining to the recurrent annual themes, portray a different perspective of the subject/s presented (same theme/s, but a different outlook without duplication due to the cultural richness of the specific topic/s discussed).