Starting from 1962 Gaylord Nelson, an American Senator from Wisconsin, had been mulling over the idea of environmental pollution protection. It bothered him a lot that while the industrial and economic growth of many countries around the globe had reached amazing results, no one seemed to care about what it did to our environment. It wasn’t easy to find a good way to share the idea and to attract all like-minded out there to take action against the environmental destruction.
In the late sixties there were numerous anti-Vietnam War demonstrations. So, the Senator took the idea of huge grassroots protests from the American youth to attract the attention of citizens and the government to the environmental pollution and numerous disasters around the country and the world.
“At a conference in Seattle in September 1969, I announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration on behalf of the environment and invited everyone to participate. The wire services carried the story from coast to coast. The response was electric. It took off like gangbusters. Telegrams, letters, and telephone inquiries poured in from all across the country. The American people finally had a forum to express its concern about what was happening to the land, rivers, lakes, and air – and they did so with spectacular exuberance.” (Gaylord Nelson, American Heritage Magazine, October 1993)
Today it is being coordinated by Earth Day Network. Thanks to the modern technologies this process has of course become super-fast and effective: television, Internet, cell phones. But we also forget that while these services make our life and communication easier, they also influence the environment. For instance, did you know that:
- Every second someone’s browsing a website approximately 20 milligrams of CO2 are being produced. But since you hardly get an answer from one search, a typical search session produces about the same amount of CO2 as does a boiling teapot.
- Google handles about 1 billion search queries per day, releasing about 200 tons of CO2.
- According to McAfee, the electricity used to transmit the trillions of spam sent over the course of one year is equivalent to the amount of electricity needed to power more than two million homes. At the same time the carbon output equates to that of three million cars.
- An average US household uses 10.6 mWh electricity per year.
- Google uses an estimated 15 billion kWh of electricity per year (more than most countries). However, Google generates a lot of their own power with their solar panels.
This year people all over the world celebrate Earth’s Day 45th anniversary in more than 190 countries. This day is about unity of hearts and minds in a symphony of love to our Mother Earth. People around the globe gather to celebrate its beauty and to support the groups who make the world a better place. It is not just about the environment – Earth Day has gained a deeper and more significant meaning to humankind. It has everything to do with all the issues and tragedies that are going on around the globe: dying animals, starving people, natural disaster consequences and so on and so forth. Unfortunately, we face a huge amount of eco problems, but more importantly we cause just as many.
Due to the wide variety of nonprofit organizations web designers create various themes and templates for charity, churches, and environmental websites. The following collection is dedicated to the 45th anniversary of Earth Day.
Unity WordPress Crowdfinding Theme
Unity is a clean and flexible theme, built on a powerful WPO Framework Bootstrap 3.0. Its compatibility with WooCommerce makes this theme a feature-rich tool in your charity work.
- 4 different home pages;
- Responsive design;
- Revolution slider;
- Unlimited color options;
- Supports blogs, slideshows, portfolio, news, videos etc.
Savior – Charity & Donations WordPress Theme
This is a classic example of a charity theme for your nonprofit website. The accent is being made on fundraising.
- Responsive & Retina ready;
- PayPal Donation system;
- Multiple header options;
- 630 Google fonts;
- Includes Layerslider etc.
Act – Multipurpose Nonprofit WordPress Theme
Act is a beautiful and modern theme. It is well documented, and therefore, all customisations can be implemented with no hassle.
- WooCommerce compatible;
- Crowdfunding system;
- Advanced theme option panel;
- Parallax effects;
- Event list/calendar/details page etc.
Pet Rescue – Animals & Charity WordPress Theme
This one is dedicated to our animal friends. Due to all the available options and styles not only is this theme great for animal shelters, but also for wild life saviors, environment support movements and charity organizations.
- Plugin-friendly;
- Translation-ready;
- WooCommerce compatible;
- Animated effects;
- Drag and drop content composer etc.
Adore Church – Responsive WordPress Theme
Adore Church is a sophisticated yet functional theme that proves that a church website can be fun, colorful and stylish.
- Events manager plugin;
- Mega menu;
- WooCommerce compatible;
- 7 types of Gallery & unlimited color options;
- Slider effects etc.
Mikado One – Multi-Concept WordPress Theme
Mikado One is stylish and modern theme for your charity website. Its flexible and unique design is a pleasure to deal with.
- 37 demos;
- Highly customisable;
- Extensive admin interface;
- Custom sidebars;
- Retina ready etc.
EcoWaste – Environmental HTML Template
Care about environment? This simple and beautiful template will help attract like-minded visitors to your environmental website. It is well documented and compatible with all browsers.
- Retina ready & Fully Responsive;
- Multiple Gallery, Blog and Events layouts;
- Google fonts and maps support;
- 25+ pages;
- Ajax contact form etc.
Mercy Heart – Modern Charity HTML Template
Modern indeed, this template is a great solution for a charity organization website. Build a trustworthy bridge between those who want to help and those who need it.
- Based on the latest version Twitter Bootstrap;
- Animation and Parallax effects;
- Free fonts and icons;
- Wide layouts;
- 3 pre-defined color schemes etc.
Donate – Multipurpose Nonprofit HTML Template
An inspiring template for charity and fund raising organizations will not leave visitors indifferent.
- jQuery animations;
- Fully responsive;
- Fund raising progress bar;
- Event and Gallery sections;
- Font awesome etc.
Dreamer – Multipurpose Charity HTML Template
The responsive template is full of dynamic features that will help you bring the website to a new level and to promote the mission that the organization carries.
- 2 Cause listing layouts;
- 2 Event listing layouts;
- Donation pop-up in 2 steps included;
- Event slider with the time countdown;
- 7 Post formats etc.
Vubon – Multipage Charity HTML Template
This is a clean and dynamic template powered by Twitter Bootsrtap is ideal for either a nonprofit website or charity events.
- Unlimited color options;
- Retina ready;
- Fully responsive;
- 600+ icons;
- Font awesome etc.
