Earth Day is a global environmental movement where we’re all asked to think about and maybe even actually do something to better our world on Saturday, April 22.
Typically, inhabitants of Earth participate on this day by volunteering and taking part in events that help the planet and all of the creatures living on it. There are plenty of events happening on Earth Day as well as several green-themed happenings taking place in the days leading up to and post-Earth Day.
Here 10 ways to celebrate the holiday around Southern California.
Earth Day at Quail Hill Community Center
Quail Hill Community Center, 39 Shady Canyon Drive, Irvine. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 15. 949-724-6814 or cityofirvine.org. Free.
The city’s Quail Hill center will team up with the Irvine Ranch Conservancy to offer guided hikes in honor of Earth Day. And for those wanting to help the Earth at home there will be a compost demonstration at noon.
CicLAvia – Mid City Meets Pico Union
Mid City and Pico Union. 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday, April 16, ciclavia.org. Free.
This event takes place in various parts of the city and encourages participants to get out of their cars and get on bikes or walk on foot, ride skateboards or any other type of people-powered means of transportation by closing down a stretch of street to cars. The Earth Day event takes place in the Mid City and Pico Union area with the Mid City route starting on La Brea Avenue and heading down Washington Boulevard to 7th Street then turning up to Venice Boulevard with the route extending to Hoover Avenue.
Getting “Wiggly” with Composting
Cypress Library, 5331 Orange Ave., Cypress. 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 18. 714-826-0350 or ocpl.org. Free.
Young kids can learn all about the Earth during a special story time and about composting with worms from a Discovery Cube Science Center educator. It all ends with kids making the “Ants on a Log” desert, which is celery decorated with chocolates and raisins to look like ants…
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