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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. Yet at a planetary level, so much more unites us than divides. Equinoxes are ideal moments to rebalance and reconnect, to energise our instincts to both innovate 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 high res promo video for EQ is here
²a 2013 demo website protecting EQ’s domain is here
© Martin Nelson 24th September 2023
eQ ™ (registered trademark pending)
® registered to Equinoctial Days Ltd.

Pledge card ideas and template

NB November 2023: this page was mounted just as Covid-19 struck, and forgotten. It awaits completion with a downloadable pledge card.
Please download the Pledge Card image above (right click), then print, or share on social media.
You are the Early Adopter of a bottom-up initiative, as yet unfunded, but which will surely grow.
You can make suggestions in the reply box, which will be moderated and added to the four categories as appropriate. Thanks for helping to build the project!

SOMETHING EASY

SOMETHING HARD

SOMETHING MEASURED

SOMETHING SHARED

ALTOGETHER WE’RE PREPARED!

Thank you!
©Martin Nelson March 2020

Equinox Earth Days – further information

Thanks for clicking! Please read on for a bit more detail on EQ’s plans for the equinoxes. Feel free to add comments below.

THEN AND NOW

Fifty years ago the Vernal Equinox 1969 was mooted as the first Earth Day. But the next year it was moved to April 22nd, abandoning the natural advantages that attach to a planet event. Equinoxes have been hiding in plain sight ever since. But now, in 2019, we face a climate and biosphere crisis, and environmental calendar events have to step up to the plate.

BUSINESS PLAN

In preparing equinoxes as Earth Days, the limited company Equinoctial Days Ltd. has secured the globally usable letters EQ as a Registered Trade Mark, and the domain name equalunderthesun. Equal Under The Sun has a Shakespearean ring to it, yet curiously it is new-minted. EQ as an umbrella #tag and web portal could not be simpler, and should have great impact and reach in the English-speaking world and beyond.

EQ believes that by engaging with the Big Picture and Long View at equinox, planetary truths and our stewardship responsibilities will clarify. The logo encapsulates this: it is derived from spring and autumn Earth-circles drawn within a Golden Ratio (Phi, or Φ) rectangle, which means it will morph into Fibonacci-generated natural patterns (flowers, shells, etc), and can be home-made easily – a great educational add-on.