Celebrating 45 Years of Earth Day

The official Earth Day celebration began as a demonstration in the United States on April 22, 1970.  It has grown worldwide and has gotten bigger every year. A few things happening around the globe this Earth Day include:

1. Clean up around the Great Wall of China. Volunteers will be collecting litter left by hikers and campers.
2. Students will plant over a hundred Ghat trees in Dubai.
3. Corporate employees from Tokio Millennium Bermuda will team up with children at a Primary school to plant a butterfly garden, paint an inspiration mural and provide litter clean up.
4. The Rainforest Trust plans to protect 25,000 acres of rainforest in Sumatra to protect the Sumatran Tiger.
5. Bolivia holds a Mother Earth Festival

If there is not an Earth Day activity in your area, here are a few ideas of things that you can do on your own or in your community.

1. Take a hike or go bike riding 
2. Grow a garden
3. Get a home energy audit
4. Donate clothes to charity
5. Write a letter to your senator
6. Volunteer at an environmental organization
7. Go paperless
8. Turn off the tap
9. Recycle
10. Make Earth Day Everyday

These ideas can be enjoyed all year and we hope you celebrate Earth Day today and every day.