What is Earth Day: Initially implemented on April 22, 1970 in the United States, Earth Day has since spread across the globe. Its intentions of aggregating like-minded individuals who have compassion for environmental sustainability and disdain for its destruction have succeeded in propagating its mission, and will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this April 22, 2010. The ideology of designating one day each year to worldly awareness of environmentalism has its objectives set on creating a domino effect. The range of Earth Day’s observance from 1970 – 2010 has grown on an exponential level. Its continuance relies on the success of projects and campaigns that are built around Earth Day. This puts a tangible outcome on its significance. Each year as more organizations and environmental groups implement strategies to bring awareness to eco-sustainability there is a growth effect that goes beyond April 22. With this expansion of the “green” movement there is hope that there will not only be one day set aside for environmental observance but that it will be ingrained in the global culture and carried through on a daily basis.

In Costa Rica, Earth Day is emphasized significantly as a day of observance. With a myriad of climates and a plethora of wildlife and flora, Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, if not the most biodiverse. This puts pressures on the government and daily culture for this country to sustain its natural state and even reverse and improve upon some of the industrial side-effects of its booming tourism industry. With Costa Rica being the birth place of eco-tourism, being involved in environmental awareness is not only beneficial for its habitats but it also benefits Costa Rica’s thriving economy.

Who is EPS: The Eco Preservation Society (EPS) is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to uniting and empowering environmentally inspired individuals from across the globe and engaging them in transformational activities that impact the planet in a beneficial way.

Standing on a three tiered ideology of conservation, reforestation and education the Eco Preservation Society feels comfortable calling Costa Rica its home. Though EPS has a global reach and is entwined in environmental projects throughout the world, Costa Rica’s embracement of environmentalism is the perfect atmosphere to carry out its mission. Programs, volunteer efforts, research studies, internships and career opportunities that are geared towards conserving Costa Rica’s wildlife, reforesting destructed areas and providing environmental education to both local and foreign interest allow EPS’s success as an eco organization.

What separates the Eco Preservation Society as an environmental organization from others is its social media platform. Utilizing its network of 500,000+ that spans across the globe, the Eco Preservation Society has turned the process of aggregating environmental individuals into a science and transformed that science into art. With quality contacts in all countries that host EPS projects and a profound audience that is able to be recruited to help in a myriad of ways, the Eco Preservation Society’s social media platform stands as a cutting-edge, environmental revolution.

What are EPS is doing for Earth Day: 2010 brings a new year, a new decade and new creativity to the Eco Preservation Society’s strategy of broadcasting environmental news and aiding in the process for ubiquitous awareness of the “green” movement. Implementing a global team that is under the EPS social media umbrella, the Eco Preservation Society is growing its network and simultaneously aggregating qualified individuals to help with media content. Recruiting biologists, writers, editors, program directors and environmentally passionate volunteers, the Eco Preservation Society is utilizing the global hype of Earth Day to assemble a worldly media team that will impregnate every corner of the map. Earth Day’s original intent was to create awareness. The Eco Preservation Society has no intention of deviating from that ideology. EPS believes that it is more beneficial to utilize the original philosophy of Earth Day than using its global presence for monetary gains or donations campaigns. The Eco Preservation Society stands firmly on its mission. Educating the mass on environmentalism is contingent upon conservation and reforestation coming to fruition. By providing quality media content for the mass it permits people to be educated on the problems and solutions that are impacting our environment. Solutions and tangible outcomes can only be derived from educating people on the problems that plague the world, and that is the meaning of the Eco Preservation Society. Educating the mass, aggregating interest, producing quality material, leading like-minded tribes and taking part in global projects that are beneficial for both the environment and mankind represent the moral fiber of the Eco Preservation Society.

Pura Vida,

Giovanni Lauricella