April 22nd is Earth Day! An annual day set aside to promote environmental awareness and to simply appreciate and celebrate our home - Earth!
While we are doing our best to stay home and stay safe, there are still a number of easy ways we can all celebrate and acknowledge Earth Day. Check out the list below to find one that works for you and your family!
Plant an "Earth Day" tree in the backyard.
If you have to venture out, leave your car at home and take your bike or walk (ensure to practice social distancing).
"Turn off the lights". Try living an entire day without turning on the lights. It can be a fun and interesting challenge that helps conserve energy.
Once school and work are done for the day, turn off your electronics and enjoy board games, cards or crafts as a family (See below for some fun ideas) .
If you don’t already, make an effort to compost and recycle!
Start a garden and plant-pollinator flowers that attract bees. Bee’s are essential to our food chain.
Ditch the Plastic. Starting today, stop buying single-use plastic containers and move to refillable bottles or jugs.
Share online what you plan to do during Earth Day! It is fun and helps inspire others to participate.
We also found some fun family Earth Day crafts and experiments — because it wouldn’t be a KCC post if there weren’t some fun activities for you to do with your kiddos! Simply click on the activity title to get all the details, and don’t forget to take pictures! We LOVE to see how everyone’s crafts turn out!
COFFEE FILTER EARTH DAY ART
Last but not least, we will leave you with some interesting Earth Day facts:
Earth Day started in the US back in the 1970s but didn’t become globally celebrated until the 1990s.
Over 1 billion people recognize and celebrate Earth Day each year, spanning 192 countries.
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd as this was the date of the very first Earth Day demonstration.
There is an official Earth Day song recorded in all official UN languages. Check it out.
On Earth Day in 2012, over 100,000 people in China rode their bikes to help reduce CO2 emissions and highlight the pollution created by cars.
Each year there is an Earth Day Theme. This year it is Restore Our Earth.
Remember we can all make a difference in the health and future of our planet! And, if everyone were to make one small change, it would have a huge global impact!
HAPPY EARTH DAY!
Your friends at KCC!