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April 22 is Earth Day. The United Nations marks the same date as International Mother Earth Day.
The next date is April 22, 2027. Dates follow Mountain Time, America/Denver. Stories below are from the archive.
Free and safe. No fee, no student email, and no trip taken alone.
A short prompt for a teacher to use with children. This page is for adults.
Do one campus job: pick up litter, sort recycling, or learn the name of a schoolyard tree. Gloves help. Do not send students into a street.
More stories a teacher can read aloud are in the Kids section.
AnimalsGuano mining left the Great Barrier Reef cay nearly bare. After decades of replanting, about 100,000 black noddies nest there each year.
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CommunityThe fifth annual planting at the Surrey park added native trees and shrubs along Highway 1, part of a month of volunteer plantings across Metro Vancouver parks.
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ScienceThe DNR says partners, from private landowners to people planting on their own, helped reach the milestone. New trees also went in at Havenwoods, the state's only urban state forest, in Milwaukee.
Verified · WPR (Wisconsin Public Radio)
CommunityPlow & Pulse Foundation's free garden day was its biggest yet. Children planted vegetables, met a veterinarian, and took home a cabbage.
Verified · The Daily IberianFive true, uplifting stories in your inbox at 6 a.m. It takes two minutes to read and it sets the tone for the whole day.