Friday, April 22, 2016 is Earth Day, an annual celebration of the planet we live on and the environmental movement to protect it. At Vistamatic, we have an ongoing Environmental Commitment strategy to reduce our environmental impact, where practicable. Carbon reducing measures form an integral part of the overall Company strategy, helping to improve both operational performance and a reduction in potentially harmful emissions to land, water and air.

Earth Day Facts You Might not Know!

• The first Earth Day was held in 1970. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., came up with a plan to host a “national teach-in on the environment,” and the rest is history.” Today it’s recognized in nearly 200 countries.
• The Earth is the densest planet in the solar system, with about 5.5 grams per cubic centimeter.
• About 70 percent of the Earth is covered with water.
• The planet’s circumference is 24,901 miles.
• The Earth is estimated to be more than 4.5 billion years old.
• Almost half of all bottled water sold by vendors in the world is just tap water
• It is said that more than 99 percent of species that have ever lived on the planet have gone extinct. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, there are more than 830 species that have done so, among them the dodo bird, great auk and Pyrenean ibex.
• Texas is the state with the most tornadoes every year.
• Hurricanes, to be classified as such, must have winds of at least 74 miles per hour.
• The coldest temperature on record was −128.6 degrees Fahrenheit in Antarctica in 1983.
• The hottest was 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 1913 in California.
• Dogs can predict big storms by feeling changes in the air pressure.
• Gravity is weaker in Hudson Bay, Canada, due to now-melted glaciers.
• The moon is 230,100 miles from Earth.

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