The Environmental Club Shares Ideas for Earth Day, April 22

The Environmental Club has some ideas for you to celebrate Earth Day April 22nd from home. (Please be sure to share your pictures and service hours with Mrs. Found for recording in the portal.)

• Orchestrate a Road Side Clean-Up in your town (maintaining social distancing of course).
• Quarantine activity: Plant a garden that helps support bees.
• Take this Quiz here to find out how much you know about the Earth! 
• Join the 2020 Virtual Run for Clean Air, $35, register until April 25 at cleanair.org/run (Participants can do their own 5K,10K, or 3k walk route any time through April 26. Registration proceeds go to the nonprofit Clean Air Council’s mission of advocacy in the mid-Atlantic region. All receive a medal in the form of a stainless steel collapsible straw and race shirt celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day).
• Take the Earth Day Daily Challenge! 
• On Earth Day April 22, WURD Radio’s ecoWURD initiative will host a daylong summit of on-air and online conversations exploring Environmental Justice at the intersection of race, health, the arts, education, and politics. The conversations will run from 6am – 9pm, shining a light on the disparities facing black Philadelphians during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. WURD (96.1 FM) is the only African-American owned and operated talk radio station in Pennsylvania, and one of few in the country.
• Make an Earth Day Window Sign with ideas here.
• Plan an Invasive Species Clean-Up.
• Plant a Tree: Planting trees is synonymous with Earth Day, and there’s no need to break this important tradition just because you’re stuck at home. Trees help absorb pollution, combat climate change, and they’re easy to plant in your own backyard. Most local nurseries can still arrange for a local sapling to be delivered to your house. Don’t have your own yard? Foster a potted tree on your porch until it’s large enough to be replanted elsewhere, or we can plant a tree for you.
• Plant a Wildflower Garden.
• The Rutgers Cooperative Extension will offer an “Earth Day at Home” webinar series. The live interactive webinars begin at 6:30pm. and will air Mondays from April 20 to June 29. They focus on steps to protect the environment, including how to make homes sustainable, environmentally friendly lawn care, and composting to reduce plastic waste. 
• Wildlands Conservancy has produced a series of wildlife-focused educational pieces and offers a bingo game that builds nature awareness and knowledge.
• Make a Veggie Meal: Eating more greens isn’t just good for your health it also helps Mother Earth because raising livestock involves large swathes of land, habitat destruction, a steep increase in greenhouse gasses and demand for fossil fuels. Eating vegetarian even a couple of nights per week can relieve this environmental pressure, plus there’s never been a better time to learn how to cook! Check out 12 Tomatoes, for vegetarian recipes the whole family will enjoy.
• Pinelands Adventures offers online learning adventures, including a profile of the Pinelands’ Still family, who played a role in the Underground Railroad. It is also hosting a virtual watch party of the film Wilderness Remains at 7pm Friday.
• South Jersey Watersavers is holding a virtual rain garden workshop at 6pm Wednesday.
• Wissahickon Trails has started a weekly virtual Nature Journaling club for all ages. Visit its website and follow on Facebook.
• The Alliance for Watershed Education has compiled a page for virtual programs and experiences for teachers and students.