Special: 100-hour coverage of World Earth Day

China Daily online is providing a 100-hour coverage of various activities in China to mark World Earth Day this April from Friday to Monday. You are welcome to share your photos, stories and ideas with us. Our email is photos
@chinadaily.com.cn. Get involved and let's work together to appreciate and protect our only Earth.

Bozhou, East China's Anhui province

College students showcase their work during a painting activity themed as "Cherish the Earth Resources and Transform the Developing Mode" to greet the  "World Earth Day", in Bozhou Vocational and Technical College, Bozhou city, East China's Anhui province, April 22, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province

More than 1,000 children accompanied by their parents paint and write on a 2,000-meter-long banner to call on the public to love and protect the earth in Xi'an, capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, April 22, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Beijing, North China

Tourists exchange unused flowerpots for flowers at Beijing Botanical Garden as part of an World Earth Day event in Beijing, April 22, 2012. [Photo/YNET.com]

Chongqing, Southwest China

Zheng Xiaoxing, a student from the Art College of Chongqing University, displays a tank model made with cigarette butts on World Earth Day in Chongqing, April 22, 2012. [Photo/ Chongqing Business Daily]

Internet

The "Second-hand shopping to save the earth" campaign by ershou.taobao.com
China's most popular online shopping site Taobao launched a campaign to inspire online shoppers to trade in second-hand goods on World Earth Day, April 22, 2012.
A staff member of ershou.taobao.com, a second-hand trading platform of Taobao, said that research shows 5.7 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by purchasing an old shirt instead of a new one.
Statistic from ershou.taobao.com shows that more than 600,000 second-hands goods are recycled every month.

Bangbu, East China's Anhui province

A paramilitary policeman and students sign their names on a banner calling for protection of the earth at a primary school in Bangbu, East China's Anhui province, on April 20, 2012. The armed police visited the school to attend activities for World Earth Day, which is April 22. [Photo/mod.gov.cn]

Huaibei, East China's Anhui province

A student volunteer shows off an outfit made of used materials during an activity to promote low-carbon life in Huaibei, East China's Anhui province, April 17, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Jinjiang, East China's Fujian province

Students and teachers place used plastic bottles on the ground to form the shape of trees on the earth ahead of World Earth Day on April 22, at an elementary school in Jinjiang, East China's Fujian province, April 20, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Guangping, North China's Hebei province

Elementary students led by a teacher visit a waste disposal site in Guangping, North China's Hebei province, April 20, 2012. An elementary school in Guangping organized activities to promote awareness among students of environmental protection ahead of World Earth Day on April 22. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Zhuji, East China's Zhejiang province

Students use cardboard to spell out CO2↓ to call for reducing carbon dioxide emissions for a better environment at a school playground in Zhuji, East China's Zhejiang province, April 21, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province

A family poses for photographs in front of a simulation of the earth's core at a geology museum in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, April 21, 2012. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Beijing

The Danish embassy in China holds a "climate race" activity to promote green transport as part of an Earth Day event in Beijing, April 22, 2012.

Beijing

Friis Arne Petersen, the Danish ambassador to China, is interviewed by a China Daily reporter at the "climate race" activity site in Beijing, April 22, 2012. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Beijing

EU Ambassador to China Markus Ederer and Chinese actor Liu Ye join the "climate race" activity to promote green transport as part of an Earth Day event in Beijing, April 22, 2012.

Beijing

Children wearing helmets join the "climate race" activity to promote green transport as part of an Earth Day event in Beijing, April 22, 2012.

Liaocheng, E China's Shandong province

A Liaocheng University student holds a poster which reads "I am very hot" as part of an Earth Day event in Liaocheng, Shandong Province, April 22, 2012.

A student from Liaocheng University dresses himself in street posters to promote environmental protection on Earth Day in Liaocheng, Shandong province, April 22, 2012.[Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Members from Hongtu Cycling Club run to promote low carbon transportation on Earth Day in Xingtai, Hebei province, April 22, 2012.[Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Children from Xingfujia Kindergarten perform "I am a happy penguin" at the launch of an Antarctica-protection event on Earth Day in Qingdao, Shandong province, April 22, 2012.[Photo/Xinhua]

Nomadic people plant trees in the Kubuqi Desert on Earth Day in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, April 22, 2012.[Photo/Xinhua]

Chinese search engine Baidu.com launched a campaign to increase public awareness of environmental protection. Internet users may be surprised by the special effects symbolizing the crack in the land if they search "Save the Earth." Users are also encouraged to express their wishes for World Earth Day. The image shows the "Save the Earth" campaign by Baidu.com.

On Weibo

 Wangpeng: World Earth Day is like a sign and we should be aware of protecting the earth every day.

 Duanxianfengzheng: I don't buy the 2012 prophesy but if human beings continue to destroy the planet, the doom will come sooner or later.

Caoguoqiang: Live in a healthy way: low carbon, saving water and energy and stop unnecessary wasting. 

Zhang Zhenhuan: Though it comes to much if everyone does a little, the government's role is still important. The government should make a firm a decision to shut down high-pollutant enterprises.

Shanruoshui: I will start using throwaway chopsticks, paper cups, less plastic bags, eat less meat and save water, electricity and food.

 Xiaohe: Why does the mother Earth have scars from wounds all over? It’s because we don't treat her well. The protection of our "mother" needs every child's effort.

Dengzhou: I hope I can give up smoking soon so as to cut the emission of carbon monoxide.

Huluaishuijiao: I can give up driving, use less electricity and read more books. Earth, I love you... 

Yangguangcanlan99: I hope every day is Earth Day, not just today.