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Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Earth Day for the Spring! 🌏
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items Earth Day is an event celebrated on April 22 to promote environmental awareness and action. There are plenty of ways to celebrate Earth Day in the spring! Here are some ways.
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Outdoor Activities
Sustainable Living
Awareness Activities
Outdoor Activities
The best activities to get out into nature!
Helping plant trees can add more greenery to our planet and can help you build relationships within your community.
Plant a Tree
Gardening can be relaxing and help you get acquainted with nature. I would also recommend checking to see if there are any community gardens in your area that need volunteers.
Gardening
Compost bins can be used to reduce waste and create your own soil for plants. This one is easy to use and reasonably priced.
Use a Compost Bin
Coming together to keep our world clean is what Earth Day is all about. Gather your family and friends to clean up the neighborhood, park and community
Join or Organize a Cleanup
You can plant flowers that attract bees and other pollinators. Pollinators help our food and ecosystem. Here are some tips on how to create a pollinator friendly space.
Create a Pollinator Garden
Nature walks are beneficial for your mental and physical health and can even boost your creativity!
Go on a Nature Walk
Sustainable Living
Shop secondhand and reduce waste!
Thrift for clothes, books, furniture, anything you can instead of buying new. Most items you can find in thrift stores are like new, and I've been able to find some gems. Thredup is one of my favorite places to shop, and I have curated a list of favo...
Shop Secondhand and Thrifted
Get creative with DIY projects! I personally make my own body balms and candles and reuse as much as I can.
Upcycle or Repurpose Old items
Use reusable bags, bottles, and containers. The link is some steps on how to reduce plastic waste.
Go Plastic Free for the Day
Add more vegetables and lower your meat portion to reduce your carbon footprint.
Add a bigger vegetable portion size to your diet
Switch to products that are sustainable alternatives. Do your research to find what products are actually environmentally friendly.
Switch to Eco-friendly Products
Awareness Activities
Activities to keep you informed!
Do a challenge to build good habits! The link is a 30-day challenge leading up to Earth Day.
Do a sustainability challenge
Earth Fair has demonstrations, workshops, exhibits, artisans, and activities that focus on environmental health. If you are not in the area, there are probably locations in your area that also host events.
Attend an Earth Day Event
You can watch a documentary to learn more about climate change, wildlife and conservation.
Watch an Environmental documentary