Most years, Earth Day events range from river cleanups to removals of invasive plants. With social distancing still in place for many of us this April, Earth Day has gone digital.

The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, when San Francisco activist John McConnell and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson separately asked Americans to join in a grassroots demonstration. Dealing with dangerously serious issues concerning toxic drinking water, air pollution, and the effects of pesticides, an impressive 20 million Americans—10% of the population—ventured outdoors and protested together.

President Richard Nixon led the nation in creating the Environmental Protection Agency, which followed with successful laws including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act.

McConnell originally had chosen the spring equinox (March 20, 1970), but Nelson chose April 22, which ended up becoming the official celebration date. (Given that the date of the spring equinox changes over time, it may have made things more complicated to go with the astronomical event rather than just a calendar date.)

Today, not only is Earth Day a day meant to increase awareness of environmental problems, but it is also becoming a popular time for many communities to gather together to clean up litter, plant trees, or simply reflect on the beauty of nature.

source: almanac.com

A következő rövid monológokban a Föld egy-egy fontos része ’beszél hozzánk’. Találjátok ki, melyik monológ, Földünk melyik részéhez tartozik. A monológokat híres színészek olvassák fel, meg is hallgathatjátok őket a csatolt videós listában.

source: NatureIsSpeaking, Conservation International, Youtube

On April 19, 2019, Dicky took to Twitter to announce the release of a new song the following week. It was also reported that Justin Bieber would return to music as a guest feature on a new Lil Dicky song. Bieber confirmed the collaboration on Twitter a few days later.

On April 17, Dicky released a preview of the video that was released the following day. Co-directed by Nigel Tierney of Emmy-winning studio RYOT (Behind the Fence VR), Federico Heller of 3Dar (Uncanny Valley) and Iconic Engine, the music video features the voices of 30 celebrities and singer-songwriters, including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes, Halsey, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brendon Urie, Charlie Puth, Snoop Dogg, Miley Cyrus, among others.

Most celebrities represent a different type of animal or plant. Meghan Trainor, Joel Embiid, Tory Lanez, John Legend, Psy, Bad Bunny, Kris Wu and Backstreet Boys are not seen in the video. Kevin Hart is a substitute for Kanye West, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s character re-enacts a scene from the 1997 film Titanic. The video concludes with Dicky proclaiming that DiCaprio knows more about the Earth and “how we’re fucking it up” than anybody, and with DiCaprio saying that the track might be his “favorite song ever”.

What up, world? It’s your boy, just one of the guys down here
Well, I could be more specific
Uh, I’m a human, and I just wanted to, you know
For the sake of all of us earthlings out there
Just wanted to say:

We love the Earth, it is our planet
We love the Earth, it is our home
We love the Earth, it is our planet
We love the Earth, it is our home

Hi, I’m a baboon
I’m like a man, just less advanced and my anus is huge

Hey, I’m a zebra
No one knows what I do, but I look pretty cool
Am I white or black?

I’m a lion cub, and I’m always getting licked (Meow!)

How’s it going? I’m a cow (Moo!)
You drink milk from my tits (Moo)

I’m a fat, fucking pig

I’m a common fungus

I’m a disgruntled skunk, shoot you out my butthole

I’m a marijuana plant, I can get you fucked up

And I’m Kanye West

We love the Earth, it is our planet
We love the Earth, it is our home
We love the Earth, it is our planet
We love the Earth, it is our home
We love the Earth

Ba-dum-da-dum-dum, ba-dum-da-di
We are the vultures, feed on the dead

We’re just some rhinos, horny as heck

I’m just a giraffe, what’s with this neck?

Hippity-hop, I’m a kangaroo
I hop all day, up and down with you

I’m an elephant, I got junk in my trunk

What the fuck? I’m a clam!

I’m a wolf. Howl!

I’m a squirrel, lookin’ for my next nut

And I’m a pony, just a freak horse, heh-heh-heh
But, uh, c’mon, get on (Yah)
Giddee-up, let’s ride

I’m HPV, don’t let me in

I’m a koala and I sleep all the time
So what? It’s cute

We love you, India

We love you, Africa

We love the Chinese

We forgive you, Germany

Earth, it is our planet (It’s so tiny)
We love the Earth (We love the Earth), it is our home (Home)
We love the Earth, it is our planet (It is our planet)
We love the Earth, it is our home
We love the Earth

I’m a man (Hello?)
Can you hear me? (Anyone out there? Hello?)
I’ve trudged the Earth for so damn long
And still don’t know shit (What’s going on?)
I hope it’s not a simulation (Huh)
Give each other names like Ahmed and Pedro
And, yeah, we like to wear clothes, girls still look beautiful
And it covers up our human dick (Woo), eat a lot of tuna fish
But these days, it’s like we don’t know how to act
All these shootings, pollution, we under attack on ourselves
Like, let’s all just chill (Hey), respect what we built (Hey)
Like look at the internet! It’s cracking as hell
Fellas, don’t you love to cum when you have sex? (Ayy)
And I heard women orgasms are better than a dick’s (Uh)
So what we got this land for? What we gotta stand for?
Love, and we love the Earth (The Earth)

Oh, yeah, baby, I love the Earth
I love this planet

Hey, Russia, we’re cool
Hey, Asia, all of you, c’mon
Every one of you from the plains to the Sahara
Let’s come together and live

Hum-dum-dum-dae-dum, hum-dum-dum-dae-dum

우-우-우리는지구를사랑해요

Amamos la tierra

我们爱地球

C’mon everybody, I know we’re not all the same
But we’re living on the same Earth (We love you, we love you)
Have you ever been to Earth?
Everyone who is listening has been to Earth, Ariana (We love you, we love you)
We’re not making music for aliens here
Are we gonna die?
You know what, Bieber? We might die (We love you, we love you)
I’m not going to lie to you
I mean, there’s so many people out here who don’t think Global Warming’s a real thing
You know? We gotta save this planet
We’re being stupid
Unless we get our shit together now