Love your Mother (Earth) and make Earth Day Every Day! Earth Day may fall on Monday, April 22, but there are things you can do all year long that will help our planet (check out these tips we put together on to learn to live more sustainably in 2019). We’ve compiled a list of some great Earth Day events for all ages, including educational opportunities, beach cleanups, and fun activities. Check it out below.
2019 Theme: “Protect Our Species”
This year’s Earth Day theme is “Protect Our Species”, and it’s aimed at shedding light on increased rates of extinction of plant and wildlife populations due to climate change, deforestation, pollution and more. You can read more about Earth Day Network’s campaign to “Protect Our Species” here.
Upcoming Earth Day Events on Cape Cod
Friday, April 19 Plastics in Our Oceans | Unity on Cape Cod, Hyannis | 7 to 9PM Saturday, April 20 Cape Cod Canal Cleanup | Buzzards Bay Recreation Area | 10AM Natural History Cruise | Blue Claw Boat Tours, Nauset Marina, Orleans | 1:30PM Sea Change Film Series | Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater | 7PM Monday, April 22 Whale Walk | Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown | 2PM Eastham Celebrates Earth Day, Beach Cleanups | Various locations | 8AM Earth Day Planting | Cape Cod Children’s Museum, Mashpee Wednesday, April 24 Wildlife on Tap | Cape Cod Beer, Hyannis | 6PM Saturday, April 27 Tour de Trash | Harwich Community Center | 9:30AM Sunday, April 28 Clean Up for Earth Day | Old Silver Beach, Falmouth | 10AM Saturday, May 4 Earth Tech Expo | CapeSpace, Hyannis | 10AM to 4PM