Earth Day Activities: How To Get Involved (PHOTOS)

Exactly 41 years ago today, the inaugural Earth Day was celebrated with 20 million participants in the United States. Today, April 22, 2011, Earth Day is bigger than ever, with estimates of more than one billion people expected to participate worldwide.

There are a number of opportunities for you to get involved. Earth Day activities range from a picnic to attending an event or sending a text message donation. (And there are plenty more ideas below.)

By choosing to live a green lifestyle, you will not only be improving the environment, but also your health and the well-being of generations to come.

What are you doing this Earth Day? Add your activity to the slideshow below, or tweet it to us using the hashtag #EarthDayFun.

 

We want to know what you're doing this Earth Day! Share your personal efforts to help the environment.

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#EarthDayFun - teaching people about Earth\'s 4.567 billion year history at @museumofscience http://plixi.com/p/94903286

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[Channa]

01:35 PM on 04/26/2011

This year for Earth Day, I saved the world.

You're welcome.

[theWildDryad]

04:26 PM on 04/25/2011

I took a break from the modern dependencies that I haven't been able to kick. Then I counted the number of electrical appliances, gadgets, and the media that has been purchased to run them all. That led me to muse on the man-made products in my home, lining my shelves, and the variety of plastics and metals we rely on everyday.

I came to the conclusion that I needed more than a day off so I took the whole weekend.

[jwoww]

03:30 PM on 04/25/2011

uncovered the pool, fired up the pool heater to 85 degrees, got the charcoal grill out lit it up, took the Hummer out for a long drive

[AnthropologistAmongApes]

10:21 PM on 04/25/2011

All the while oblivious to anything profound or sublime.

[some guy in the USA]

12:53 PM on 04/25/2011

the earth is not dying. its been around for billions of years.

[Hypnos Rises]

04:27 AM on 04/25/2011

casserole 08:56 PM on 4/23/2011

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"I listened to Rush remember that the Earth Day founder killed his wife and turned her into compost."

Interesting comment, yet it has no merit, and has nothing to do with the real participants of earth day. The ones who have true merit, ethics and are honest with themselves, and the world. Such flippant comments are meant to merely dig into anothers belief of better possibilites, and cause a rift in the cause as well. I suggest to anyone with believes as this poster does, to ask themselves "What are you doing for the world?" or "What are you doing for wildlife?" or people, or the ecosystem. If you have no answer, make a choice. Because its later than you think.

[Hypnos Rises]

04:17 AM on 04/25/2011

I was at my workplace where I kept everything clean, separated the trash and recyclables, as my sister did at home for the trash pickup. And we're both vegans who donate. We are not perfect, but we do what we can.

[TomStelene]

09:08 PM on 04/24/2011

On Earth Day I saw a Smart Car (while driving my Stupid Truck) and laughed so hard I almost ran off the road!

[mlaiuppa]

02:25 PM on 04/24/2011

Earth Day was also Good Friday.

I meditated in my garden, pruning roses.

[peterz]

01:16 PM on 04/24/2011

forget token gestures

here's something big each of us can do

become aware of the gigantic scale of farm animal slaughter
http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks/food/

And the unforgiveably inhumane way they are raised until killed
http://www.farmsanctuary.org/issues/factoryfarming/

and act....

[sabelmouse]

12:57 PM on 04/24/2011

nothing out of the ordinary. it's earth day every day as far as i'm concerned.

[Trickish Knave]

10:24 AM on 04/24/2011

Refilled my bird feeders

[tb philly]

09:37 AM on 04/24/2011

I went four wheeling in my 1982 Chevy blazer and shot a turkey. It was a blast.

[peterz]

01:42 PM on 04/24/2011

must have made you and your cousin Cleetus feel like real men, at least for a moment

[kaykaythere]

12:41 AM on 04/24/2011

A couple of right wingers insisted that the earth was flat, so we went cow-tipping to see if they dropped off the side of the earth.

No harm was done to the cows.

[tb philly]

09:38 AM on 04/24/2011

Im a right winger and kepp judging books by their cover and putting us all into one category and one day you will wake up feeling foolish, not just sounding it.

[casserole]

08:56 PM on 04/23/2011

I listened to Rush remember that the Earth Day founder killed his wife and turned her into compost.

[Phoebe917]

09:07 PM on 04/23/2011

yikes!

[TomStelene]

09:07 PM on 04/24/2011

That's so touchingly eco-friendly! What a personal sacrifice on Ira Einhorn's part, killing his wife! It's for the good of Mother Gaia. His wife will no longer contribute to overpopulation, AGW, and the always-expanding list of various and sundry man-made eco-crises.

[Blow In]

06:20 PM on 04/23/2011

I rode my electric bike to the B&Q, got some seeds and stuff, made a nice omelet with local duck eggs, did a little garden work, watched Pawn Stars and some other things.

Just your average beautiful spring day here on planet earth.