April 13th, 2009

Earth Day Events Across the Country

Posted by Jessica Jensen

It’s that time of year again…Earth Day is April 22, Wednesday of next week. There are fabulous events going on all week across our glorious country. Get out there and celebrate Mother Earth! 

In multiple cities: Green Apple Festival. This festival takes place April 17-20 in many cities– NYC, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, DC and more. There are bands, educational events, and lots of good free fun. Find out about a Green Apple Festival near you.

If your city is not listed here, you can find hundreds more cities and events by visiting the Earth Day Network events directory.

Los Angeles

Wilshire Center Earth Day/Car Free Day–  Wednesday, April 22, 2009 from 11AM-2PM at 3700 Wilshire Blvd.  The event will feature musical performances by Suzanne Teng & Mystic Journey, Naked Rhythm, Ballet Folklorico de El Salvador ASOSAL (El Salvadorian dance troupe), Korean Fan Dancing, Drumming, and a face painting artist among others. We will host a farmers market featuring organic and locally grown produce. The Mayor’s Million Trees Initiative along with KYCC will be giving out over 200 fruit trees.

Los Angeles Children’s Earth Day 2009 – April 26– Join us for the 12th annual Los Angeles Children’s Earth Day at STAR ECO Station on Sunday, April 26th, 10 am – 4pm. Admission is free and ECO tours only cost $5. It is sure to be a day of fun and festivities, as STAR students will perform various dances and songs from around the world! The event features games, crafts, activities, healthy cuisine and live entertainment designed to inspire children to help protect the planet.

San Francisco

San Francisco Zoo’s Party for the Planet–April 18–  This fun and informative celebration of Earth Day is aimed at educating and entertaining Bay Area families on green, sustainable living solutions inside and outside of the Zoo, and incorporates everything you love about the Zoo animals. A variety of local, earth-friendly companies and services are showcased as well as music and puppet performances with “green-themes” that the whole family can enjoy! See how the Zoo is maintaining a green commitment to the animals and to the environment. Event free with admission.

Ghirardelli Goes Green– April 18– Join fellow S.F. Environment and non-profit volunteers at the first ever major green event at San Francisco’s famed Ghirardelli Square. You will be monitoring recyclables, compostables and trash bins to make sure festival-goers correctly deposit the item with which they are parting ways. You’ll also hand out tip sheets on green living practices, educating festival-goers in Earth Day solutions that are also economic and quality of life solutions. Free chocolate!

Seattle

Earth Day at the Arboretum– Work on environmental restoration or bring the family for a day of games and activities!  Join UW Botanic Gardens, SCA, and Seattle Parks for a day of fun projects at the Washington Park Arboretum. Get your hands dirty for a cause removing non-native invasive plants, mulching, and improving the Arboretum. Bring the kids for games, leaf rubbings, and more.

Mercer Island Leap for Green Event — April 18 — The 2nd Annual Leap for Green Earth Day Celebration offers more fun than ever for kids of all ages! Join the Reptile Man, award-winning artist Marita Dingus, the Woodland Park Zoo, Puget Sound Energy, Full Circle Farm, EarthCorps, Veraci Pizza, Whidbey Ice Cream and more for an exciting day of hula-hooping, music, art projects, movies and inspiring ways to be kinder to the environment. Friends of Luther Burbank Park invite you to start the morning with an “Early Bird” birding exploration and end the day with an exclusive “Busy Beaver” north wetlands tour. It’s also Leap the Frog’s 1st birthday! Let’s celebrate!

Portland

Oregon Zoo Party for the Planet– April 26– Earth Day celebration includes an eco-fair, conservation station, games, crafts and exhibits.

Portland Farmer’s Market Earth Day Celebration– April 18– Seed planting activity for all ages, victory garden exhibit, potting station and a chance to learn how to lay out a 10-by-10-foot garden with vegetables and herbs being grown in the White House garden.

Chicago

Grant Park Earth Day Festival–  Grant Park is the site of this weekend-long working celebration of green in Grant Park. Help get the 25-acre park in great shape by volunteering your time and skills. The volunteer event runs from 9 a.m. to noon on both days. Meet at the southeast corner of Balbo and Columbus (Hutchinson Field).

9th Annual Earth Day at the North Pond Nature Sanctuary –April 25– Spend the morning planting native wildflowers, removing litter, restoring a nature trail and caring for our park trees. Located in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Meeting location on plaza in front of North Pond Restaurant. Must be over 12 years old.

Kansas City

EarthFest 2009 –May 9– Event features interactive displays, workshops and product demos to help people explore and better understand the relative impact of their different green choices. Event-goers will explore five green villages: energy efficiency and other green practices for the home, eating local, buying local, green transportation and the great outdoors. StoneLion Puppet Theatre and other performers will delight children and adults alike in entertainment with an earth-friendly message. Pets are also welcome.

Austin

Austin Farmer’s Market 4th Annual Earth Day Festival — April 18– Join thousands of your neighbors, local green businesses and environmental groups and the cultural community in a manifestation of the Sustainability Revolution! Products, services, food, kids activities, music, art and more celebrating life in balance and restoration.

New York

Earth Day Grand Central Station — all week– In celebration of Earth Day, Grand Central Station stages a week-long Giant Earth Images exhibition and a two-day Earth Fair. The fair includes various activities and lectures, including recycling workshops, composting demos, music, dance and more.

Earth Day in Central Park – April 26– Celebrate Earth Day in Central Park on Sunday, April 26th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Pack a picnic and enjoy live performances, planting and mulching projects, tree care and composting demonstrations, environmental education, and crafts with recycled materials. All events are free and open to the public.

Washington DC

Earth Day on the National Mall — April 19– Washington, DC will hold one of the largest Earth Day gatherings in U.S. history, the Green Apple Festival – a major day-long event on the National Mall to rally support for national action on global warming with a focus this year on environmental volunteerism. The event, sponsored by Earth Day Network, will feature music, entertainment, speakers and environmental activities.

Earth Day Tours at the Smithsonian — Starts April 18– Celebrate National Environmental Education Week and Earth Day: How have artists depicted our earth, its rocks and rivers, land, lakes and life? Investigate the human impact on our landscape with a family-friendly tour. Go green with American Art!

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