Earth Day 2009 - Community Events - WA State Dept. of Ecology

Washington State Department of Ecology

EARTH DAY 2009
Local Earth Day Events
Go Green/Save Green
Governor's Message

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

To protect the environment
To reduce climate change
To protect Puget Sound
To improve air quality
To conserve water
To protect water quality

To reduce toxic exposure

RESOURCES:

Shrink Your Carbon Footprint pledge
Washington Waters - Ours to Protect
Toxic Free Tips
Be the Difference, Breathe the Difference
Ecology for Business

Local Earth Day Events

Western Washington

Seattle Green Festival (March 28-29)
Duwamish Alive! Event: Earth Day Celebration – Multiple Sites (4/18) (Seattle)
West Duwamish Greenbelt: Duwamish Alive! Earth Day Event
Clarke Beach: Mercer Island Earth Day Celebration
People for Puget Sound
Friends of the Cedar River Watershed (King Co.)
Seattle Aquarium (4/18 & 19)
Washington Coast Savers
Green Kirkland Partnership
Stillwaters EcoFest Earth Day Festival (Kingston)
Procession of the Species (Olympia)
People for Puget Sound
City of Sammamish (King Co.)
Work Party at Union Slough Restoration Site (Everett)
Earth Share Washington (Seattle)
Mountains to Sound Greenway (King Co)
Earth Month Clean Up (Tacoma)
Seattle Parks Work Parties
Student Conservation Association – Earth Day Seattle
Enviropalooza (Bainbridge Island)
Seward Park Environment and Audubon Center (Seattle)
Seattle Aquarium
Clark County Stream Team
Wild Birds Unlimited (Gardiner, WA)
Save Lake Sammamish (King Co./Issaqua)
Parks Appreciation Day (Pierce Co)
Nature Consortium Restoration Team
SeaWolf Coastal Protection – Earth Day Tree Planting (Marysville)
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance (Seattle/King Co.)
Mid Puget Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group (Seattle/King Co)
Citizens For A Healthy Bay (Tacoma)
Stewardship Network of the San Juans: Sustainable San Juans
Sustainability at Centralia College
Kent Parks Community Events
Feiro Marine Life Center, Port Angeles: Earth Day on The Pier
University of Washington Green Coalition (Seattle)
Friends of the Columbia Gorge (Skamania and Klickitat counties)
Western Washington University – AS Environmental Center
Shoreline Living Workshop: Creating a Sound Landscape (WSU extention, Shelton, WA)
Welcome the Whales Day (Langley)
Earth Day Celebration at Bayview Corner (Whidbey Island)
North Seattle Community College
Green Tacoma
Seattle Tilth Edible Plant Sale
Seattle Art Museum – Climate Day for Kids
City of Vancouver Water Center
City of Vancouver Parks and Recreation
Swinomish Earth Enhancement Celebration
Earth Ministry A Vigil for Climate Action and Protection (Seattle)
Learning Environment Action Discovery (Bellingham)
Bellevue Stream Team
Mercer Slough Earth Friends Family Workshop
Rainier National Park Associates
Olympic College (Bremerton, Poulsbo, Shelton)
Western Washington University Associated Students – Earth Day Celebration

Central & Eastern Washington

Washington Native Plant Society – Columbia Basin Chapter (Walla Walla/Tri-Cities)
Mid-Columbia Earth Month (Tri-Cities)
Youth Environmental Summit (Yakima)
Earth Day Spokane
Friends of the Centennial Trail (Spokane area)

Also see Go Green/Save Green for money saving tips to make your green lifestyle blossom.

I believe
we have a
moral responsibility
to protect our planet,
and provide
a cleaner,
more sustainable
world.

~ Gov. Chris Gregoire

Earth Month documentary
on Frontline (PBS)
starting April 21
Poisoned Waters

In all things
of nature,
there is something
of the marvelous.

~ Aristotle