As the Sun and the planets started to form from the material they too were spinning counter clockwise due to the conservation of angular momentum. ... The direction the Earth spins happens to be the opposite direction to which clock hands turn. Hence counter clockwise.

Why does the Earth spin one way?

So are you still wondering, why does the Earth spin? ... It continues to spin because of inertia. The reason it's all the same direction is because they all formed together in the same Solar Nebula, billions of years ago.

Does Earth orbit clockwise or counterclockwise?

Earth rotates eastward, in prograde motion. As viewed from the north pole star Polaris, Earth turns counterclockwise. The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.