Each April, a billion people around the world mark Earth Day. Earth Day 2025 takes place on Tuesday 22nd April with the theme "Our Power, Our Planet".

What is Earth Day?

"EarthDay.org's mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide."

First started in The United States in the 1970s, Earth Day was organised as an opportunity to inspire and educate americans to make changes that could lead to the reduction in pollution and the environmental concerns connected to industrial development. 

Earth Day first went international in 1990, as 200 million people across 141 countries used the day to highlight a range on environmetnal issues on the world stage. Click here to read the full history of Earth Day on www.earthday.org/history

As pollution and global warming are still important issues for governements and their people to address, Earth Day is marked by more than a billion people every year. With events in the the lead up as well as on the day itsself, Earth Day is an opportunity for citizens to demand change.

With this year's theme of "Our Power, Our Planet" Earthday.org invites everyone around the globe to unite behind renewable energy and the target to triple the global generation of clean electricity by 2030 through educating, advocating and mobilizing to work towards change. 

Books for Earth Day

At LoveReading, we are passionate about our planet as well as good books. We have pulled together a selection of titles to highlight the importance of the natural world. This includes fiction that celebrates nature, guides for getting green-fingered, tips to make positive lifestyle changes. All to raise awareness, celebrate and educate about the world around us and the ways we can help to save it.

Wyl Menmuir's The Heart of the Woods was written in collagoration with makers, crafters, bodgers and woodsmen and women to better understand the woods they know so well. It's a beautiful journey through our magical woodlands and the lives of those who nurture them. A key reminder of who we are, what we have lost, and where we need to get back to.

From the woods to the skies Hamza Yassin's Be a Birder is a welcoming, friendly, and positive guide to birding and 50 fabulous birds that can be seen in the UK. So, grab your binoculars, maybe a camera and a notepad to keep trak of your what you spot when you're bitten by the bird bug.

You don't get more iconic voices when you're thinking about the planet than David Attenborough. A witness like no other to the extraordinary world he's experienced and seen decline. A Life on Our Planet is his witness statement and vision for the future while we still have the chance to create a home for ourselves while restoring the wonderful world we've inherited. 

So whether your looking to get green-fingered, learn or live more green, take a look at our recommendations. 

If you're looking for more reading recommendations you can check out our Cookery, Food and Drink, Home & Garden, and Lifestyle and Health genres.

Wanting to read some fiction that connects you to nature? Take a look at our collection of 60+ novels that bring you back to Nature.

For recommendations of fiction title that use compelling storytelling to engage readers in ficiton that raises awareness of environmental issues, take a look at Tales for a Better Future: The Rise of Climate Fiction.

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