By Jessica Orquina, Social Media Lead, Environmental Protection Agency
Earth Day is Monday! What are you going to do to protect the planet and celebrate? Here at EPA, we work to protect human health and the environment every day. On Earth Day to celebrate, we continue our work and take a moment to appreciate our planet.
Here are some things you can do online and in your community:
- Get information, event listings, and learn about how you can help protect the planet on April 22nd and every day on our Earth Day website.
- Want to volunteer or attend an event on Earth Day? Check out our events page to learn about opportunities across the country on our local events page.
- Environmental action can mean taking simple steps in the different places where we all live. Start making a difference today by joining Pick 5 for the Environment!
- Sign up for GoGreen! (our monthly email consumer newsletter) for news, activities, or events you can use to make a difference at home, in your community, and at your workplace - Earth Day and every day!
- Join @EPAlive for our Earth Day Twitter Chat about climate change and what you can do.
- Have a question about what we can all do to cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect the planet? Send it to us using the #AskEPA hashtag on Twitter.
- Share your photos with our State of the Environment Photo Project.
And don’t forget to make every day Earth Day!
By Jessica Orquina, EPA Social Media Lead
Earth Day is April 22nd. Here at the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) we’d like to invite you to participate in a variety of fun projects.
Help us capture the moment of Earth Day 2012. As part of our ongoing photo project, State of the Environment, we’re launching Environment in a Day to collect photos around the world, taken within the twenty four hour period of Earth Day. To participate, take a photograph where you are on April 22nd, upload it to Flickr, and share it with our State of the Environment group. One photo from each state and U.S. territory will be featured on an interactive map of the moment.
Our Planet. Six words. Ready go! We’re working with SMITH Magazine and asking you to write a six- word essay on the environment. Learn more about this project and read some of our six-word essays at our blog and share your Six Words for the Planet at SMITH Magazine.
Like to explore? Then Greenquest is for you! Test your knowledge about the environment, solve a puzzle, learn about things you can do, list your name on the wall, and enter the prize drawing to be a guest blogger on EPA’s It’s Our Environment blog.
Look beneath the surface and join the conversation! We’ve created a place for you to talk about environmental issues and share environmental tips you use every day. Watch the video, then start a discussion or join an existing one.
Find more information on Earth Day and how you can become involved.
Happy Earth Day!
From NASA:
Image description: Off the coast of Argentina, two strong ocean currents recently stirred up a colorful brew of floating nutrients and microscopic plant life just in time for the Southern Hemisphere’s summer solstice.
See more views of Earth from space.
Events are happening all around the country this week to observe Earth Day. Many communities are planning festivals with music, food, kids games, volunteer projects, and more. The Environmental Protection Agency can help you find Earth Day activities in your community.
Remember, you don’t have to attend an event to celebrate Earth Day. EPA also has Earth Day tips that you and your family can use to protect the environment and your health every day.
