How to Celebrate Earth Day in Your Community
Many communities participate in Earth Day celebrations with parades and ceremonies for eco-friendly businesses. Other cities have days of tree planting and litter cleaning to get citizens actively involved. You can devise your own ways to celebrate this consciousness-raising event. Does this Spark an idea?
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Conduct a spring-cleaning drive in your community to celebrate Earth Day. You can rent a disposal unit for recyclable items and collect trash into a single truck to cut down on the fuel costs that are part of waste disposal.
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Form a reading group that focuses on environmental issues to celebrate Earth Day in your community all year. You should read non-fiction and fiction books dealing with the environment, planning a party for Earth Day.
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Plant trees on your property to celebrate Earth Day and help the environment. Find long-lived trees so that they can benefit you and your neighbors for years to come.
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Advocate for recognition of environmentally responsible organizations in your community on Earth Day. You should schedule time with your city-council members, mayor or state representatives to set up a ceremony to highlight organizations on Earth Day.
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Change your commute to work. Bicycle, take a bus or train or carpool during Earth Day week to demonstrate the effectiveness of eco-friendly commuting.
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Educate children in your community about the importance of Earth Day in an entertaining way. You can use coloring books, funny costumes and sing-alongs to get kids to celebrate Earth Day.
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Travel door to door in your neighborhood to get homeowners to pledge to adopt eco-friendly practices during the upcoming year. This pledge should feature specific practices, such as carpooling and stringent adherence to recycling, which will be reevaluated on the next Earth Day.
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Encourage recycling and other eco-friendly practices at work on Earth Day. You should schedule a meeting with the supply manager at your office to discuss ways to recycle old equipment. A good way to encourage your employer about recycling is to show the costs and benefits of energy-efficient machinery and recycled paper.
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Sell used electronics, appliances and other items from your neighborhood on Earth Day to fund your conservation efforts. You can use the proceeds from garage sales to pay for trees, plants and supplies for Earth Day.
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I have a massive brush pile but there is no burning at all permitted in my community because of the close proximity of the houses so if I can find someone with a wood chipper I can borrow I'm going to make mulch of it. I'm going to celebrate Earth day tomorrow with a long walk with my boyfriend collecting trash around our neighborhood.
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Reuse-Reduce-Recycle-Replenish-Restore...everyday...
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Um larry. The old gas and oil is not eco friendly! But it sure is fun!
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I'm cleaning up all the winter tree debris and havin a good ole bonfire,, it's good to use some old boat gas as an ignitor..used motor oil helps too..Happy earth day all!
