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Celebrating Earth Day from the Bahamas to Beijing
From speed dating with like-minded environmentalists to taking part in traditional community cleanups, here are 25 fun ways to commemorate Earth Day all week long.
Next Thursday, April 22, marks the 40th annual Earth Day. But around the globe celebrations have already begun.
From speed dating with like-minded environmentalists to taking part in traditional community cleanups, here are 25 fun ways to commemorate Earth Day all week long:
- Go Earth Day Speed Dating in Canada
- Save $100 on an electric bike in Los Angeles
- Attend the opening of a National Park in the Bahamas
- Shop for "green" fashion in New York City
- Applaud the Green Globe award winners in Tel Aviv
- Add to an Earth Day installation in Austin, Texas
- Stop by Reuse-A-Palooza in Sydney
- Make trash into cash in Cebu City in the Philippines
- Learn how to compost in Oregon
- Get "green" business advice in the United Kingdom
- Take in an Earth Day film festival outside Philadelphia
- Dive in to a Red Sea clean up
- Fundraise for Uganda at a concert in North Carolina
- Help pre-schoolers plant trees in Caracas, Venezuela
- Snag a reusable coffee mug at the University of Chicago
- Dress like a hippie in Tokyo
- Learn what water is telling us in Seattle
- Join the Climate Rally in Washington, D.C.
- Build an outdoor nature classroom on Long Island
- Take an energy walkabout in Marburg, Germany
- Watch animals play in Newport News, Virginia
- Examine art made with repurposed, reused and recycled materials in Michigan
- Wander a Green Main Street Festival in Waynesboro, Georgia
- Clean up a trail in Littleton, Colorado
- Switch from paper tissues to handkerchiefs like students in Beijing, China
Image: Earth’s western hemisphere / NASA
This post was originally published on Smartplanet.com