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2012 Earth Day Events

Because every day is Earth Day...

Many of the organizations listed below host events year-round. Go to their events calendar to find ways to participate any time of the year.

> Find a volunteer opportunity in your community, with Volunteer Washington or Serve.gov

Earth Day Events in your community

Celebrate Earth Day by attending an Earth Day event in your community or volunteering your time to cleanup your favorite park or beach. Events are listed by county and regionally.

Look up other events in your area (Earthday.org)
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Chelan County

Lake Chelan Earthday Fair (April 21st, 9-5, at Riverwalk Park)
Barn Beach Reserve - Earth Day Fair: "Many Hands, Many Voices, One Community" (April 22, noon-4pm at Lion's Club Park)

Clark County

Clark County Stream Team - Plant it for the Planet (April 21)
Earth Day Celebration - Vancouver Parks & Recreation (April 21)

Cowlitz County

Earth Day Celebration (PDF) (April 21, 10am-3:30pm at the Expo Center)

Island County

Welcome the Whales Day (April 21)

King County

Duwamish Alive! Event: Earth Day Celebration (April 21, 10am-2pm at North Wind's Weir)
Friends of the Cedar River Watershed cleanup event (April 21, 9am-1pm at Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area)
Green Kirkland Partnership - restoration event (April 21, 9am-12pm at Juanita Bay Park)
Seward Park Environment and Audubon Center - B'Earth Day, Center Anniversary and Earth Day Celebration (April 21, 10am-3pm)
City of Sammamish - Family Volunteer Event (April 21, 9am-12pm at Beaver Lake Park)
Kent Parks - Earth Day (April 21, 9am-12pm at Park Orchard Park)
Seattle Art Museum – Earth Day for Kids (April 21, 10am-3pm at the Olympia Sculpture Park)
Earth Ministry - Spring Colleague and Congregational Gathering (April 21, 9am -12pm at University Temple United Methodist Church)
City of Bellevue - Earth Day & Arbor Day (April 21, 8:30-1pm at Lewis Creek Park visitor center)
Various Locations
- Earth Share Washington - Earth Month event calendar
- Mountains to Sound Greenway - Volunteer Program
- Nature Consortium - 2012 Events Calendar
- People for Puget Sound - listing of multiple events
- Seattle City Parks - volunteer calendar

Kitsap County

Olympic College Electric Vehicle: Past, Present, Future (April 19, 11:30am-12:30pm)

Mason County

Earth Day on Oakland Bay (April 22, 11am-3pm)

Pierce County

Metro Parks Tacoma - Parks Appreciation Day (April 21, 9am-12pm at many parks)

Skagit County

Skagit County - Earth Day Celebration (PDF) (April 21, 10am-1pm at Howard Miller Steelhead Park)

Snohomish County

Everett-Narbeck Earth Day Work Day (April 21, 9:30am - 12:30pm)
Maltby Brightwater Earth Day Celebration (April 21, 9:30am - 12:30pm)

Stevens County

Chewelah Earth Day Fair (April 28)

Thurston County

Park restoration projects sponsored by Alpine Experience (April 22, 10am-1pm)
Procession of the Species (April 28, 4:30pm)
Environmental Film Festival - Olympia Film Society (April 20-22)

Whatcom County

Learning Environment Action Discovery - click on Work Parties to see April events
Recycled Art Resource Expo - Sustainable Bellingham (April 20-22, at the Spark Museum)

Whitman County

Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute - Events calendar
- Volunteer work day (April 19, 1:30pm-4:30pm)
- 22nd Annual Paradise Creek Stream Clean-Up (April 21, 9am-1pm)