eQequinoxes

 

eQ ® invites you to see the equinoxes as universally and uniquely suited to be Earth Action Days¹:

1) Equinoxes are true planet events
Fixed events every spring and autumn in Earth’s orbit around the sun

2) We are equal under the sun at equinox²
Equal day and night – 12 hours – wherever you are on the planet

3) Two equinoxes double up our annual commitments to act
Pledge twice a year to spring into action and turn over a new leaf at equinox

So many of our problems cross boundaries, continents and oceans – above all, the climate-biosphere crisis. At a planetary level, so much more unites us than divides. Equinoxes are ideal moments to rebalance and reconnect, to energise our instincts to innovate, adapt, and preserve.

Whether through a pledge, an audit, a link, or just small actions multiplied a thousand-thousandfold, twinned equinoxes can help us accelerate towards a sustainable post-carbon future.

These EQ blogs offer perspectives on what equinoxes offer.

¹a 2023 4k hi-res promo video for EQ is here
²a 2013 demo website protecting EQ’s domain is here
© Martin Nelson 24th September 2023
eQ ® registered to W M O Nelson 2024
® registered to Equinoctial Days Ltd. 2015

Equinoxes as Earth’s Wake-Up calls. Planetary balance points to spark real-world action.

In 1969, the March equinox was nearly chosen as the first Earth Day. Today, using both equinoxes as twin planetary events is a bold new idea.

In the face of accelerating climate-biosphere poly-crisis, equinoxes offer powerful moments for awareness and action. This EQ Index gathers unique selling points (USPs) and prime attributes to explore. Choose a theme above and dive into the list below.

For the best intro, watch this short video. It begins: “The planet doesn’t need saving… we do! The crisis we face is man-made. But…” Continue reading →

Prove a “big simple truth”: EQ’s Sun-sational Equinox Challenge!

Capture the universal synchronised sunrise and sunset this equinox

Ready to be part of something truly illuminating? Here’s how and why…
Equinoxes are the magic moments in March and September when all life on Earth is in balance.
EQ says at equinox, with 12 hours of day, 12 of night everywhere on the planet we are equal-under-the-sun. Simply by joining shutterbugs around the world you can prove it! Continue reading →

EQ has a new logo

EQ has had a logo ‘makeover’. It retains the geometry of Phi, the golden section proportion that carries so much information and philosophy central to EQ, but also incorporates the tilt of Earth’s axis – 23.5°

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EQ at Autumn Equinox 2022. The centre MUST hold

The moment of Autumn Equinox is at 01.03 UST (GMT) on Friday 23rd September this year. Thursday was World Car Free Day, and on Wednesday 21st UNESCO celebrated International Day of Peace (President Putin did not). It seems the 23rd is also World Za’atar and Restless Legs Awareness Day. Or, daysoftheyear.com tells me, you could hug a vegetarian, or celebrate bisexuality.

Where do the equinoxes fit into this busy calendar of diverse celebration? Above and beyond, surely, Continue reading →

Exponentials: the climate and pandemic crises, graphically

Our climate and biosphere are now universally recognised to be in crisis, as this graph* of the past 175 years of climate data by Ed Hawkins, creator of the celebrated ‘climate stripes’ starkly shows. We have all just experienced the exponential realities of pandemic infection. Humanity’s influence is causal in both instances – again, beyond reasonable doubt.

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