{"id":1107,"date":"2016-04-20T15:26:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T15:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2016-04-20T16:38:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T16:38:38","slug":"earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/2016\/04\/20\/earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1110 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/earth-day-cover-photo.jpg\" alt=\"earth-day-cover-photo\" width=\"769\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/earth-day-cover-photo.jpg 5534w, https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/earth-day-cover-photo-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/earth-day-cover-photo-768x376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/earth-day-cover-photo-1024x502.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/earth-day-cover-photo-1080x529.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/>Happy Wellness Wednesday! This Friday, April 22<span style=\"font-size: 11.6667px; line-height: 11.6667px;\">nd\u00a0<\/span>is the 46<span style=\"font-size: 11.6667px; line-height: 11.6667px;\">th\u00a0<\/span>anniversary of Earth Day! According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">earthday.org<\/a>, the Earth Day Network\u2019s mission aims \u201cto broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle to build a healthy, sustainable environment, address climate change, and protect the Earth for future generations.\u201d Over one billion people now celebrate and participate in Earth Day worldwide in approximately 192 countries. Earth Day Network is responsible for numerous achievements. Through \u201cThe Canopy Project\u201d they have been able to plant millions of trees throughout\u00a032 countries. EDN\u00a0also helped establish and implement the Green Ribbon Schools Program which is a federal program that recognizes schools for the positive \u201cgreen impact\u201d on the Earth. In addition, EDN\u00a0also focuses on engaging with young adults by encouraging them to become registered voters. During the 2009 Earth Day, over 230 voter registration initiatives were organized on various college campuses throughout the United States.\u00a0Earth Day also focuses on sustainability and initiatives such as Farm to Fork. For this years\u00a0Earth Day, Pasco County Schools will offer fresh strawberries on the menu that were grown locally. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/PCSWellness\/love-your-home-earth-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out our Earth Day Pinterest Board<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/PCSWellness\/school-gardens-grow-food-to-grow-minds\/\" target=\"_blank\">School Gardens Inspiration Board<\/a> for tons of ideas on how to celebrate Earth Day! We have recipes, activities, games, garden tips and more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Day Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guest Blogger: Janine Gordon, Intern, Johnson &amp; Wales University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Wellness Wednesday! This Friday, April 22nd\u00a0is the 46th\u00a0anniversary of Earth Day! According to earthday.org, the Earth Day Network\u2019s mission aims \u201cto broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle to build a healthy, sustainable environment, address climate change, and protect the Earth for future generations.\u201d Over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1107"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pascostudentwellness.pasco.k12.fl.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}