Each year for Earth Day, the City holds a community event in a park on the Saturday following Earth Day. This year we're celebrating in Mosquito Creek Park on Saturday, April 23 from 10am-2pm!
This is a family-friendly event and everyone is welcome to stop by the educational booths and enjoy activities hosted by local environmental and other organizations, including:
- Invasive craft station - make a basket out of English Ivy
- North Shore Black Bear Society - freshen up on your wildlife tracks and scat identification
- Library Book Bike - borrow books, DVDs, playaways, and more, or start out by registering for a library card
We'll be located along the main trail in Mosquito Creek Park between 17th St West and 21st St West. See you rain or shine!
Earth Day at Home Challenge
If you're not able to join us in person, we invite you to celebrate by participating from home. There are lots of great things you can do at home to help the environment!!
About Earth Day
The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970. On that day, 20 million Americans - at the time, 10% of the total population of the United States - took to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies. By the end of 1970, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the U.S. Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts.
Twenty years later in 1990, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage.