Earth Day A day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth‘s natural environment. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on environmental issues. In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 International Mother Earth Day.
Every day is Earth Day at the DoubleTree by Hilton San Jose! We are a Certified Green Hotel with the California Green Lodging Association. Check out some of our “Green Efforts“…
- All paper products are biodegradable
- Composting program for food waste throughout the hotel
- Each guestroom has a water saving toilet, which saves approximately 4,000,000 gallons of water per year
- WeatherTrak satellite weather monitoring system for efficient landscape watering only when needed
- Locally sourced Food & Beverage products whenever possible
- Recycling bins in all guestrooms
- Carbon footprint analysis available with sales proposals
- Member of Green Meetings Industry Council
- Doubletree “Teaching Kids to CARE” – educating local youth about the environment
Will you be participating in Earth Day? Let us know what you’re doing!
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