Earth Day

Make Every Day Earth Day

Clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, neighborhoods free from toxic materials. Since 1970, Earth Day has been a time to recognize how important our environment is to all of us and to take action to make our world a better place to live.

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) believes in making every day Earth Day.

Here are some of the Earth Day activities around the state that you and your family can attend to Celebrate Earth Day!

• 2020 Earth Day 24,901 Run/Walk Challenge – Provo: April 1, 2020
• 2020 Earth Day 24,901 Run/Walk Challenge – West Jordan: April 1, 2020
• Alta Earth Day 2020:  April 18, 2020
• Amazing Earthfest: May 10-16, 2020
• American West Heritage Center,  Farm Animals Days: April 11, 18, 25, 2020
• Earth Day 2020 | Earth Day – Earth Day Network: April 22, 2020
• Earth Day Network: April 22, 2020
• Earth Week, U of U:
• HawkWatch Celebrates Earth Day: April 22, 2020
• Jordan River Nature Center:
• Moab Solutions: Earth Day Challenge: April 18 and April 22, 2020
• Ogden Nature Center: April 18, 2020
• South Jordan, Earth Day 10k: April 25, 2020
• Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter, Earth Day Celebration: April 18, 2020
• Treehouse Museum: April 22, 2020
• TreeUtah, Community Tree Planting:
• Utah’s Hogle Zoo, Party for the Planet: April 25, 2020
• Wild Wednesdays: Earth Day Extravaganza! in Ogden: April 22, 2020
• Zion Canyon 16th Annual Earth Day Celebration: April 25, 2020

If there isn’t an organized event in your community today, you can create your own Earth Day event:

• Pick up trash along your street or in a city park
• Volunteer to participate in a local cleanup project
• Remove brush and weeds from an elderly neighbor’s yard
• Plant a tree or sign up with TreeUtah for a community tree-planting project
• Clean up garbage or debris from a local waterway
• Hold a yard sale or a clothing swap to encourage reuse of household items