Celebration Earth is a festival for peace that welcomes global cooperation and participation and seeks to practice the ‘Peace Day, Every Day’ spirit envisioned by the 'Culture of Peace' UN designated Peace Messenger Initiative and embodied by the ‘International Day of Peace.’ Through a joyful series of events, we wish to gift the world a model of international peace and inner peace.

Celebration Earth 2009 Lasts Until Sept 21st, The International Day Of Peace
Celebration Earth empowers by providing a framework and connection that can be useful to individuals and the global community. By promoting the positive actions and events of our member organisations and individuals through our various networks and communities, Celebration Earth enables them to deliver their message to the world.
Celebration Earth Is Free! We each create our own activity and call on others in the network for support. This support can come in many forms; participation, volunteering, promoting, you name it. Having a succesfull, group running on no money is empowering and enables people to see that all you need to succeed is the willpower. Each of us can make the world a better place - especially with a little help from some friends.

The Official Opening Ceremony
April 1st: Shuri Castle, Okinawa: The Day The Earth Laughs

SABANI PEACE TREASURE SHIP ARRIVES WITH THE SEVEN GOODS OF HAPPINESS
This event is now over.
It was fantastic and culminated with the arrival of the Happy Gods to a tremendous reception.

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The Official Closing Ceremony
September 21st 2009, The Earth´s Garden, Okinawa
A World Peace Prayer/UN Flags of the World Ceremony, tree planting and dedication of the Scarecrow of Peace Statue (In the middle of a Japanese Military Base!!!)

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Major Concerts
September 2１ｓｔ: Okinawa
Starring Japanese Senator/Musician Kina Shoukichi and Champloose

KINA SHOUKICHI ROCKS AS THE FINAL ACT AT EARTHDAY TOKYO 2009
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Talks Shows Include
May 20th – June 10th 2009: Japan Tour of Jeunesse Park, Paul Coleman and Konomi Kikuchi
Jeunesse Park is the Founder and Executive Director of Food and Trees For Africa won the 2007 UNEP Sasakawa Prize, which is considered to be the world's foremost environmental prize. Talks shows with feature Japanese activist and comedian, Tentsukuman Earthwalker Paul Coleman and his wife author Konomi Kikuchi. In partnership with the Wonderful World Tree Planting Festival(WWTPF) and The New Alliance for Humanity
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The Celebration Earth Garden'

UNVEILING THE NEW EARTH GARDEN SIGN (April 1st 2009)
One the Celebration Earth Executive Committee has a garden in the middle of a Japanese Military base to which all can freely enter. We are in the creation search for a Scarecrow of Peace Statue, which can be built to a hieght of 33 feet. On September 21st (IDP) the gardeners will plant a tree to formally recognise IDP and the offial closing of Celebration Earth events.
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Monorail Clean Ups:
Half of Okinawa's mono rail stations have already been cleaned, by Celebration Earth along with partner 'Roots and Shoots' (Jane Goodalls organisation) are doing weekly clean ups around the Naha (Okinawa's capital) Monorail stations.

ROOTS & SHOOTS MEMBER, OCEAN, FLIES A DOVE OF PEACE AROUND THE WALKING TREEMAN AT THE SHURI CASTLE CELEBRATION EARTH OPENING EVENT
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Peace Mediations/Prayer Ceremonies/Candlelight Vigils
Are being held the entire year through Japan and elsewhere
Leading Dutch Meditaion Therapist, Veeresh will be visiting Okinawa to give sessions round the time of the International Day of Peace
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Tree Planting Ceremonies
Tree plantings are happy events that draw a lot of positive PR and major ones are planned throughout the year. Trees are now being planted throughout Japan, Okinawa and Taiwan.
This list does not incude all events and as the year proceeds many more are expected.