Umhla wokusemthethweni wokubhiyozela uMhla woMhlaba ngo-Apreli 22. Yayisungulwa yiNdibano Jikelele ye-UN ngo-2009. Kodwa ekuqaleni le holide yayikubhiyozelwa ngomhla we-spring equinox-ngoMatshi 21. Usuku lomhlaba lubizwa ukuba luhlawule ingqalelo kwizinto eziphilayo zeplanethi yethu kunye nokwenza abantu banyamekele uluntu.
Imbali yoSuku lweMhlaba loMhlaba
Ukubhiyozelwa kokuqala "vavanyo" kwenzeka eMelika ngo-1970. Umongameli waseMerika owaziwayo uGaylord uNelson wenza iqela labafundi eliholwa nguDenis Hayes ngokulungiselela nokugcina iziganeko. Usuku lokuqala loMhlaba lwaphawulwa ngabantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-20, iikholeji zeewaka ezimbini kunye nezikolo ezilishumi lamawaka. Le holide yaziwa kwaye yaqala ukubhiyozelwa ngonyaka. Kwaye ngo-1990, uMhla woMhlaba waba ngamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye abantu abayizigidi ezingama-200 abavela kumazwe angama-141 bathatha inxaxheba kulo.
Ngomhla wama-20 waloo mini, ukunyuka okuhlangeneyo kweNtaba ye-Mount Everest yaseChina, i-USA kunye ne-USSR yachithwa. Ukongeza, abakhweli, kunye namaqela ancedisayo, baqokelela ngaphezu kweetoni ezimbini zerhasi, ezahlala phezulu kwi-Everest ukususela kwenyuka.
Umnatha woNxibelelwano woMhlaba usebenza kwakhona, inhlangano engabambiswanga nolawulo lwamazwe ngamazwe enenjongo yokuphuhlisa imfundo.
Isimboli soMhlaba woMhlaba woMhlaba yiNcwadi yeGrike eluhlaza ye-Greek Inta kwimvelaphi emhlophe. Kwakhona, uMhlaba unelungelo elibonakalisa iiflegi, ebonisa iplanethi yethu kwimvelaphi emnyama.
Imisebenzi idlulileyo kwiSuku loMhlaba weMhlaba
Unyaka wonke uninzi lwezenzululwazi zehlabathi zihlanganisene naloo mini ukuxoxa ngeengxaki zemvelo zendalo. Ngaloo mini emhlabeni jikelele kukho ubuninzi bezenzakalo kunye nezenzo: ukucocwa kwemimandla, ukutshala imithi, imiboniso kunye neenkomfa ezinikezelwe kwendalo kunye nemvelo.
Kwamanye amazwe ase-USSR kwangaphambili ngo-Apreli 22, bekude kube yinto yesiko ukubamba i-subbotnik kunye namanyathelo okuphucula amapaki. Bonke abaphumayo baphuma endlwini kwaye bancedisa ukucima izitalato zemfucuza. Umsebenzi ohlangeneyo kunye nokucocwa kwintsimi kwazisa abantu besondele kwaye babumbene.
Kodwa isiganeko esibaluleke kakhulu kwiSuku loMhlaba weLizwe loMhlaba sisandi se-Bell Bell kumazwe ahlukeneyo. I-Bell Bell ifanekisela ubuhlobo, ubuzalwana kunye nokubambisana kwezizwe zomhlaba wethu. I-Bell yokuqala yoxolo yafakwa kwiKomkhulu le-UN eNew York ngo-1954. Yayiphoswa kwiinkcitho zemali ezinikezelwa ngabantwana abavela kwihlabathi lonke, kunye nakwiimigangatho kunye neemali zabantu bamazwe amaninzi. Ngo-1988, iBell of Peace efanayo yafakwa eMoscow.
EBudapest, ngo-2008, intambo yebhayisiki yayiqhutyelwe ngokuhlonipha iholide leNtsuku yomhlaba, apho abantu abayizinkulungwane eziliqela bathatha inxaxheba. Ngomnyaka ofanayo eSeoul, isenzo "ngaphandle kweeKhethi" (ngaphandle kweeKota) saqhutywa.
KwiiPhilippines, kwiphondo laseManila, kukho umbhikisho olwachasene nemifuno. Bakhuthaza ukutya kwemifuno ngenxa yokugcina iplanethi. Endaweni efanayo, kwiiPhilippines, iintambo zebhayisiki zonyaka "ezihlaza" zonyaka.
Ngonyaka ka-2010, indlu yendayiti ka-Christie kwiSuku loKhuselo lomhlaba yabamba intengiso yintengiso "NgoSindiso loMhlaba", okwakunqwenela ukuhambelana neminyaka eyi-40 yeholide. Abaninzi abadumileyo bathatha inxaxheba kwintengiso, kwaye imali evela kwithende yathunyelwa kwimibutho enkulu yendalo:
NgoMgqibelo wokugqibela ka-Matshi, iWorld Wildlife Fund (i-WWF) iyabiza bonke abemi behlabathi ukuba bangasebenzisi umbane ngeyure. Esi siganeko sibizwa ngokuba yi-Hour Hour. Ngaloo mini, ngeyure, iindawo ezikhangayo zehlabathi, ezifana ne-Times Square, i-Eiffel Tower, iSitembu sikaKristu uMsindisi, ayiphutha. Ngethuba lokuqala liye laqhutywa ngo-2007 kwaye lanikwa inkxaso jikelele. Ngo-2009, ngokwe-WWF ukuqikelela, abemi abangaphezulu kwezigidigidi zeeplanethi bathatha inxaxheba kwi-Hour Hour.