10 Best Earth Day Events
Kalena Crafton, GoLocalProv Contributor
10 Best Earth Day Events
Keeping the Valley beautiful
April 21-22 Get your green on with Blackstone Valley in the annual Great American Cleanup to help make Rhode Island beautiful. The program includes beautifying parks, planting flowers and trees, conducting educational programs, and much more! Earth Day activities will take place in Burrillville and Smithfield. For more details click here click here.
15th Annual Earth Day Clean Up Weekend Celebration
April 21-22 Rain or shine come show your appreciation for the planet with an Earth Day clean up river and stream water pollution and litter. Earn a certificate for your work and set an example to others of how to care for the earth. April 22, 12:30 – 4pm. April 21, 2012 9 am—noon. Warwick Knights of Columbus Hall, 475 Sandy Lane, Warwick, RI. For more information click here.
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March 4th-April 30th Celebrate Earth’s artistic side and the beauty of nature by exploring the art of Tina McCurdy’s world travels. Explore illustrations capturing the essence of moments in nature. Audubon Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope Street, Bristol. Click here for more information.
No Time to Waste
April 22 Join the Providence Children's Museum in celebrating the three R’s of protecting the Earth: reducing, reusing and recycling in a special interactive comedy called “No Time to Waste.” Children are encouraged to get involved in the play by acting out natural resources and trash, or as part of the audience, make decisions on how to reduce trash and recycle. For show times and more information click here. 10:30 am-1:30 pm. Providence Children's Museum, 100 South Street, Providence.
EPA's Earth Day Festival
April 21 Join the EPA this weekend for an Earth Festival celebrating working together to go green. Explore interactive displays, workshops, and exhibits from environmental groups as well as a marine touch tank, tours of new state-of-the-art green building modifications, and children’s crafts. 11 am – 3 pm. EPA's Atlantic Ecology Division (across from the URI Bay Campus), 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett. Call (401)782-9616 or (401)782-3133 for more information.
Smithfield Clean-Up
April 21 Get together to make Smithfield beautiful! Pick up litter and trash with friends, family, and the Smithfield Conservation Commission. Gloves, bags, water, and refreshments are provided. 8:30-9 am to 12-1 pm. Smithfield Conservation Center (off Waterview Drive), 215 Pleasant View Avenue, Smithfield. Click here for more information.
Zoo Clean-up
April 21 Get outside and show your love for Providence by picking up litter, and clearing the beautiful pond system in honor of Roger Williams’ 4th Annual Clean-up. Team up with 15 volunteers lead by OSEEC AmeriCorps members to scope the park and make it beautiful for everyone. Roger Williams Park, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence. Registration, 8:30 a.m. Clean-up, 9 am-12 pm. Click here for more information.
Street Tree Planting
April 21 Make your world a little greener by planting trees with friends, neighbors, and family along the streets of Providence. Pair/team up and work together to plant over 50 trees. Bring boots, gloves, and planting equipment. Click here for more information. 9 am. Gilbert Stuart Middle School, 188 Princeton Avenue, Providence.
Historical Cleaning
April 21 Join the Rhode Island Historical Society to go green old style. Clean-up like it’s 1799 with a special Earth Day cleaning event at the John Brown House Museum. Experience what is was like to clean like you favorite maids in Downton Abbey, proper garb and all. After donning hand-sewn period clothing, a team will wander through the houses’ many rooms, dusting and mopping. 10 am-4 pm. The John Brown House Museum, 52 Power St., Providence. Click here for more information.
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