Earth Day is April 22 and cities around the world are sponsoring volunteer efforts, fairs, festivals, and speakers. To find out what is going on in your town, here are a few resources. If you cannot find a listing for your town, you may need to do a Google search for your city and “Earth Day.”
This organization “works with over 22,000 partners in 192 countries to broaden, diversify and mobilize the environmental movement.” You can search for events in your area, find actions you can take, and more.
Environmental Protection Agency’s Earth Day website:
Includes search tool to find EPA events in your area, a video, pledges and actions to take, a Greenquest game, and a daily email list with tips.
If you live here in St. Louis, check out all the events and resources on the St. Louis Earth Day website. Note that at the Recycling Extravaganza you can recycle medicines, as I mentioned in my post “Recycle your unused medicines.”
* If you haven’t already begun to take small actions to protect our Earth, see my post “Countdown to Earth Day.”
Related articles:
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Ramping up for Earth Day! (livingwellthy.wordpress.com)
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How the first Earth Day came about (envirolink.org)
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Flashback – The First Earth Day 1970 (ecology.com)
Sheila Hurst
April 17, 2012 at 10:33 am
I’ll probably be picking up trash on the beach, but then I usually end up doing that on weekends anyway.
rmk104
April 17, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Very nice of you to give your time so often! We are nowhere near a beach. Nice that you can do something good and get some exercise in a nice setting!
Sheila Hurst
April 17, 2012 at 3:07 pm
🙂 it’s just something I have to do when I see it there – thank you for your post and for spreading the awareness