Sunday, April 24, 2011

Earth Day

Earth Day was last Friday, over our spring break.  We weren't here at school to talk about the many events that go on across the country to celebrate Earth day, so I thought  I would post this site.  Check it out and read about just a few of the things that are done to celebrate our Earth.  Did you know April 22 was Earth Day?  Did you do anything for Earth Day?
What is something you could do?  We need to remember that just because Earth day is recognized on one specific date, every day we need to take steps to care for our Earth!

earth day

133 comments:

Peters,Jennifer said...

I did not know that Earth day was on April 22, I always have thought it was later than that. Sadly, I did not do anything for Earth day and one reason for that is I didn't know it was Earth day, but one thing I could have done is recycle. I'm very bad at remembering to recycle recyclable things. I also drink pop so I could have donated the tops to the ronald mcdonald house.
I agree we should start to recognize that the Earth needs to change for good. Everyone needs to help create better communities for the future.

Mauricio,Courtney said...

I knew it was Earth Day but I didnt know about all the things people do to celebrate it! I didnt do much,I think then I was baking. What I would have done was go door to door in my neiborhood spreading the word about Earth day.

Luke said...

I have to say, completely honestly,
i didnt know it was earth day until thursday. F0r earth day my dad and i went on a hike and visited the grand canyon. I guess we couldve biked to the canyon but we didnt.

Andrew Gibbous McCarthy said...

I did know that earth day was on april 22 but i forgot and didnt do anything for it. And now im going to start doing stuff for earth everyday like the three r's and hopefully many other people do to.

Moehring,DeeAnna said...

I knew April 22nd was Earth day when i turned on my t.v and saw the Nickelodeon? was celebrating Earth day (: and i spent most of my time outside not using a lot of electricity (:
I could recycle all of my cans and bottles instead of throwing it in the trash. i could do this everyday (:

Moehring,DeeAnna said...

@Jennifer peters
i also coukd recycle more during Earth day ! i never recycle and i always forget to recycle, i need to start its better for the earth(:

Luke said...

@ Peters, Jennifer,
I dont know who wouldnt agree with that. I recycle by putting the bin in the kitchen, so it will always remind us to recycle our meal scraps.

Gerdes,Austin said...

i had no idea that earth day was even in april, without knowing it was happening, no i did not do anything because i dident know when it was and because i wouldent know how to do it.

Peters,Jennifer said...

@ Courtney
At least you knew it was Earth day! I didn't do much either though when I found out about it. I guess I could have done something like recycle or even turn off lights when I don't need them.

Rembold,Abby said...

I knew it was earth day when i checked my phone for the date and it said earth day on it. I was outside all day, so i didnt really watch t.v.

Schirmer,Brandon said...

i do know that earth day is the 22nd but i did not remember it.i did not know a lot about earth day but i know some stuff about it. some thing i can do for earth day is to recycle more stuff and to use less electricity.

Anonymous said...

I didn't do anything for earth day because In didn't know that people celabrated Earth day.I really should of did something for earth day. Because not a lot of people do stuff for that day. So i should of did something for Earth day.
Sarah Savard

ReddingtonDavid said...

i did know because because i was watching disney channel and it told me. i could have recycled cans by my house

Henson,Megan said...

I did know that Earth day was on April 22, because on the cruise they have a talk show thing, and they mentioned that it was Earth day. Something I could do is recycling more.

Savard, Samantha said...

I did know something about earth day because when my little brother was watching disney there were people cleaning the golf coast or somewhere around there and they were planting trees and picking up trash apparently that is a part where the oil spill happened.

Sturwold, Kaylee said...

I didnt know earth day was april 22! And i didnt do anything for it either! I think earth day should become more popular and then people would do more for it. Like recycle more!

Rembold,Abby said...

@ DeeAnna

Im like you. I don't really use electricity, since i am at the beach and swimming in our pool all day !

Anonymous said...

-jill stange

i did not know that april 22 was earth day until april 23 when i went to lowes to get there free trees to plant for earthday.

we can put our reusable items in bins and not toss them on the ground.

LaGrangeBonnie said...

I did know Earth Day was April 22. I thought it was interesting that over 200 million people did something for Earth Day. I sorta did something, on Wednesday I went to work with my mom (she teaches pre-school at the daycare area at Mt.St. Joe) The preschoolers were celebrating earth day early. So we read a book about the earth and talked about what we liked about the earth. Later the zoo brought animals to the gym, but I had already left. Things we can do is recycle and raise awareness about deforestation. I agree that we need to do more for our earth not just on Earth Day, but everyday!

Schirmer,Brandon said...

@ jenn

i agree with you we should that everyone needs to help because most local people do not recycle they just throw it all in the garbage or they are just to lazy and they litter.

Henson,Megan said...

@ Abby:
I was also outside most of the day, so I saved electricity, but I guess I could have turned off the lights more when I didn't need them.

Sturwold, Kaylee said...

@jenn i didnt even know earth day was last friday! And i didnt do anything for it either. And agree if we all recycle just a little bit little by little it would help make a better future.

ReddingtonDavid said...

@ Brandon

you should do that everyday

LaGrangeBonnie said...

@ Luke, we also recycle, but we don't really have a bin, we have paper bags then my mom will take them to the recycling bin, after it's full. On the news there was a family that doesn't throw away anything. They don't buy things with packaging that would throw away and they compost scraps like banana peels. They said that they don't give up any luxuries and it is actually a much easier lifestyle. I can see how it would be a good lifestyle, but I doubt it's easy for a family with two young sons.

Taylor's blog spot said...

i did know it was earth day on april 22, I turned off lights that werent needed, and i tried not to use any paper and plastic, and used reusable plates and cups. what i could have done is help my dad build some more trees in our backyard to make our environment better, also we could of picked up litter

Tyler said...

i didn't know that earth day was on april 22 but there were a few things that i could have done like helped recycle and help my mom plant flowers

kallmeyer, bridget said...

I did not know April 22 was Earth Day.
I did not do anything for Earth Day.
You could attend a national or community-recycling event, you could recycle more of your cans and bottles than you usaly would, and dont spend your time inside usind electronicts and electricity.

Mauricio,Courtney said...

@ jenn
Wow I didnt know it was happening until a few days after hahaha! But wow youre right, we should recognize then things we do wrong and make them right

Anonymous said...

Earth day was on my friends birthday!!! (:
I think something everyone could do is to clean up the earth, and to just be respectful to it. Don't litter and try to cut back on how much pollution we put into the air.

Anonymous said...

YES, i did know that April 22nd was earth day! I love earth day because it makes me remind myself to make this earth a better place. What i coulod do to help the earth is turn off the lights in the room when i am not there and i could not let the water run when i am brushing my teeth. I f we do these things, we can make a big difference.

Taylor's blog spot said...

@jennifer peters
girl how could you, you didnt know earth day was on april 22!? i wish my mom could bye a recycling ben so we could recycle, but at least we recycle at school

schatzman.arin said...

I found out that that day was earth day at about 3:00.I didn't do anything for earth day.I recycle something everyday so i guess i did do something.I think everyone should recycle everyday.

Anonymous said...

@Jill
I didn't know that it was earth day eathire.And yea we could do more recyicling in the city because not a lot of people do recicling here.
\Sarah Savard

Lamping Ally said...

Yes i did know april 22 was earth day.
No i didn't but my brother works for loreal paris and they celebrated it by advertising their green products.
I can help by using greener products and using less electricity!

Tyler said...

@ taylor
normally i use reusable thing and recycle even when its not earthday

Anonymous said...

@jen I love how you would take can tops to the ronald micdonald house. i think it its really neat! I also agree that we can make a difference in this world to make Earth cleaner.

schatzman.arin said...

@ jenn


how did you not know it was earth day.On every channel they said it was earth day.Do you watch tv? If you don't then that would explain it.

Anonymous said...

@ Arin
Yes I agree, everyone should recycle.

Savard, Samantha said...

@Brigdet
I agree with you normally when I am inside I watch T.V or something butmy mom always say go outside and do something it's so nice out or something like that its been so hard to go outside because of the rain.

Lamping Ally said...

@ Anna,
Yes i knew earth day was the 22 because of my brother (: I agree on the things we can do to help our earth and enviroment! (:

Kresser Jacob said...

ikneew it was april 22 was and i donated money to solar power because i think solar power is better because wind power isnt year round and solar is

Tedesco.Jake said...

I didnt even know that it was Earth Day on Friday so i didnt do anything for it but my family does recycle

hutson,cody said...

No I had no clue that friday was earth day i always thought it was in may. Sadley I didn't do anything for earth day. I wished i had but I didn't. I agree that we need to do more for the earth. Especially me I rarely ever do anything forthe earth.

Anonymous said...

Yes I did know it was Earth day! I did a couple things for earth day.
- recyled pop taps
- recyled 23 water bottles
i could of planted some of my grandmas flowers. if it wasn`t raining! could have turn out the lights for an hour to cut down on the energy supply.that was my Earth Day
--Sydney Polking--

waters,gabrielle said...

I knew it was earth day but no i did not do any thing for it. I will do somthing for it like re-use water bottles. But i will not watch tv as much as i do.

Tedesco.Jake said...

@jenn
I agree that more people should recycle on Earh Day

gorrasi josh said...

i didnt do anything for earth day because i honestly didnt know when earth day was. i do recycle my cans but i didnt actually take time out out of my day to do anything for earth day.

Smith,Courtney said...

Yes i did know earth day! I did a couple things for earth day.
-recyled pop tabs
- and recyled a couple water bottles.
i could of gone down to me lake and picked up garbage to help.Also plant some of my mothers flowers, if it was a good enough day. also cut down on energy supply by turn off lights not being used.

Greve, Julia said...

for erath day (didn't even know it was earth day) i made a bead bracelet out of newspaper. i also helped my parents drop off some recyling.

hutson,cody said...

@peters,Jennifer I'm the same way I agree that we need to do more for the earth even if it is just donating pop tabs to ronald mcdonald.

Anonymous said...

Jennifer, i agree with you too jenn, we should take more steps to save our planet
--Sydney Polking--

CameronIan said...

I planted trees on my nieghbors yard iscuz 1. For earth day. 2. his yard is starting to slid because of the rain.

Smith,Courtney said...

@ jennifer peters

I agree also we should start reconizing earth day. also thats a goodidea to give pop tabs to ronald mcdonald

Anonymous said...

Michael Twilling

i usually don't celebrate earth day but i did ware a green shirt on earthday :)

Garvey, Emily said...

I knew April 22nd was Earth day, I spent most of my time outside not using a lot of electricity !

Garvey, Emily said...

@ DeeAnna
So true ! (:

brendanmarchetti said...

I forgot it was earth day i thought it was later than that so i didnt do anything. but i do recycle and that hepls the earth

Alec said...

I had no idea that it was earth day on April 22. I did not do anything for that day because i had no idea that it was earth day. something I could of done that day was to recycle.I could of also conserved energy and water on this day.

-Alec Uhlhorn

Henry Minning said...

I didn't know that it was earth day last friday. I really didn't do anything to celebrate, I may have seen something about it on TV. Something that I could have done is recycle paper or try to conserve water and energy. I think the best way to help the earth is not recycling (although it helps) and that stuff, but stop doing things that will harm the earth. You should do this stuff year. round. Recycling helps

waters,gabrielle said...

@ Arin Schatzman
i think you should recycal more then once a day like three or five times a day...i should recycal everyday.

Alec said...

@David Reddingon

I also could have recycled on this day if i knew about earth day.

Henry Minning said...

@ Jenn Peters

I agree, we should reconize earth day and help the earth year round. Not just on earth day.

Anonymous said...

Michael Twilling

@ ReddingtonDavid

i use to recycle cans but not anymore

Anonymous said...

i did know it was earth day that is why i was so shocked that 8 saw people liter on the street out in colerian.I didnt celbrate, but last your on my family vaca we eacch had to pick a holiday , and my family picked earthday.I was preety upset that there was bad weather on earthday. I recycle alot , we us to big bins thn we drop them off at kuliga park recycling center.lyndsey roberto

brendanmarchetti said...

@luke thats cool how was the grand canyon

Anonymous said...

I knew there was an earth day but i didnt know the exact day. This year i didnt do anything for earth day but in 4th grade we walked around the playground and basball fields at Dulles and picked up trash. Other ways you could help the earth is to recycle and make compost piles.

Alana Gulley said...

I didnt know that last friday was earth but i wish i did because its very important, its important because its a day deidcated to earth and your supposed to enjoy and respect the enviroment, such as if you see somebody drop a piece of garbage PICK IT UP!

Sydney,Vest said...

I didnt know that i missed earth day. I didnt do anything for earth day. I probaly recyled that day on April 22 but i didnt do anything special. I really think people should recylce more, and we should even have a program at school too kinda like world fit, but thats my opinion. I think we should really use this day to reconize that we really need to take care of Earth.

Sydney,Vest said...

i agree with Jenn! we need to make our world cleaner for the future!!! cleaner and safer!

Alana Gulley said...

@lyndsey roberto
wow thats horrible why would somaebody litter, whetheer it be earthday orrr noottt!!!

Anonymous said...

@Jennifer Peters
I am the same way as you jenn. I totally forgot about earth day but i should have recycled or at least picked up trash. Next year i will remember and try to do something.

bekah said...

i knew that it was earth day but i didnt do anything. if we want to do stuff we can recycle. i dont really recycle but me ad my dad are starting to recycle cans for a little extra money.

bader,lindsay said...

i never knew that earth day was april 22. but i wish that i would have done something to help. i saw the video and i thought that the recyclable idea was a was a good idea. i wish i would have thought of that to help out earth day.

bader,lindsay said...

jennifer


i also do forget to recycle things alot.

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walter burkart said...

i dident know april 22 was earth day i dident do anything for it. you could start recycling for earth day.

Andie said...

I did not know Earth day was April 22. I did not do anything for earth day because I didn't know about it. I didn't use a lot of electicity.

Bader, Lucas said...

i could clean up the rode to help the envirment a little. i did clean up the envirment on earth day also i planted some trees to help the envirment.

baxter bryan said...

I'm very bad at remembering to recycle recyclable things. I also drink pop so I could have donated the tops to the ronald mcdonald house.
I did not do anything for Earth day and one reason for that is I didn't know it was Earth day, but one thing I could have done is recycle

Zach "Hillshire" Viox said...

That is cool i did not recycle though so i think i should have.
I also think its cool how people host giant parties and all the things that can be made of recycled materials.

Zach "Hillshire" Viox said...

@baxter bryan
I agree i could have donated so many pop tabs.

adelly_foshow2 said...

Yes I knew that April 22nd was Earth Day. No I did not do anything for Earth Day. Something I could do for Earth Day is recycle, reuse, and reduse.

Austin Deller

wukusick,anna said...

they did a tree planting projects and they seperated recycling from trash. We didnt do anything for earth because we didnt know when earth day was. If we would of known we probaly would of recycled things around the house.
Anna W & Monni S,(:

Anonymous said...

I knew earth day was on april 22nd becuase my brother would always remind me. I cleaned up for the enviroment. We need to change up the earth more because if we dont the world might end.

John Dinger said...

i didnt do anything for earth day. i did not know it was april 22nd. you could pick up trash or plant a tree.

Anonymous said...

ANDREW reis
Yes I did know that earthday was on april 22. I cleaned up my front yard for earth day.ANd what I could of done is clean up my street.

adelly_foshow2 said...

@Mauricio,Courtney

i think going door to door is a good idea

Austin Deller

John Dinger said...

@ courtney maurcio

i wish someone around me spread the word. i had no idea it was earth day.

johnson, allison said...

Yes I knew it was earth day on April 22. I recycle cans year round even for earth day. I could also recycle paper or plastic. We should all recycle all year so there is no need to remember, we could help the earth all year.

wukusick,anna said...

@ sam savard
i agree cuz we were watching that to and they were planting trees and plants and it was cool that they were doing that.
Anna W & Monni S,(:

Anonymous said...

Zach "Hillshire" Viox I also didn't recycle.
ANDREW REis

Natalie said...

No, I did not know that April 22 was Earth Day. I did not do anything for Earth Day. I wish I would have though but I did not know it was Earth Day. My dad and I used to plant a tree every year but we stopped when the place we got the trees from stopped giving out trees on Earth Day.

johnson, allison said...

@Mauricio Courtney
I think going door to door is a good idea, but do you think they would spread it to their friends and family?

baxter bryan said...

jennifer peters-thats wat i thought i thiought earth days was on april 22. i always have thought it was later than that.

Natalie said...

@ Bonnie

That is true we should help make the earth a better place not just on earth day but everyday. Think of how crummy our earth would be if we only did things to help it on one day of the year.

Weisker,Kyle said...

I knew that earth day was on April 22. No I did not do anything on earth day. We could go around our street and ask people for their recycling items. We could take the items to the community recycling center every month to help the earth.

johnson, allison said...

@Moehring DeeAnna
I also save electricity, all the time.

Natalie said...

@ Jenn

I also forget to recycle a lot. My family recycles and sometimes when I go to throw something recyclable away I just naturally throw it in the trash can. I guess I just need to make it a habit.

Anonymous said...

sam-keethler
i dont selebrate earth day i dont even know what to do on earth day i didnt know peopal selebrate earth day all i know is that peopal recycle more and play out sied more.

Anonymous said...

i think that ever one sounld do it for the earth

Weisker,Kyle said...

@Rembold,Abby
I should work on watching less T.V. I watch it almost every night.

Anonymous said...

i did know it was earth day on april 22, I turned off lights that werent needed, and i tried not to use any paper and plastic, and used reusable plates and cups. what i could have done is help my dad build some more trees in our backyard to make our environment better, also we could of picked up litte.
Anthony,Erb

georgantonis,pete said...

i knew that earth day was on april 22 but i didnt do anything on earth day but i was outside playing sports all day

Calderon, Heidi said...

Yes i knew that Friday was earth day, what i did was used less things like when i took a shower i took it shorter than i usually do and when i seen some trash on the ground i oicked it up with my little niece.
What more people need to do I think is to stop throwing trash into the streets because that is why we have trash cans and to pick up garbage off the streets if they see it to start more society groups such as a recycling group where people go out and they pick up trash with eachother and have fun doing it with spirit and excitment that they are helping out the earth.

MooreKassidy said...

Kassidy knew it was earth day because people kept coming up to me and telling me to go hug a tree. Something i did for earth day was went outside and cleaned. Something i could do is RECYCLE,!

Breanna did not know it was earth. The reason i didnt know it was earth day because i was at my brothers bootcamp graduation for the army. although i didnt know it was earth day i still helped soldiers pick up trash after the ceremony when everyone left. something i can do is recycle!!

Love kassidy and Breanna who her sidekick :)

georgantonis,pete said...

@ abby i wasnt watching tv on earth day i was outside to

Dupont, Noah said...

I didn't know that Earth Day was on the 22 of April. I always thought it was later, like in May. I did know that it was on that day while on these forums I check daily, they had an Earth Day thread. I didn't do anything for Earth Day sadly. :l
I could recycle(DUH) and use paper instead of plastic. I love the environment so much, I should know this! But I don't, it's sad.
Also many companies act like they're all for this stuff, preserving the earth and everything, but don't do it. They just keep on polluting and everything.

Schmidt, Dominic said...

I think earth day is stupid. the stuff i did on earth day was watch tv and eat and sleep and go on the computer at my house.

cirkovic, daniel said...

I never even knew it was Earth day. They should have an annoucement ir something. But I'm happy to say I rode my bike to my friends house instead of taking a car. I could recycle on Earth day but my family never really has thought of it. I might bring it up!

Dupont, Noah said...

@Luke
I hate you. You went to the Grand Canyon for Earth Day XD By hate I mean envious of course. How was it? Was it as good as they said?(I know you're not going to respond, so I have no idea why Im typing this >.>)

@Natalie
I should start planting trees too. I need to convince my parents to do that. I think it's stupid when people support the environment and everthing but then just stop and just don't acknowledge it anymore.

Thorp,Jayden said...

Well all i did for earth day was read a book i sat in my room and read a book. but none of my lights were n in my house no tv atually my power went out because of thr rain so i had nothing to do but read and clean.

Joseph Pegg said...

I knew it was Earth Day but I didnt know about all the things people do to celebrate it! I didnt do much,I think then I was baking. What I would have done was go door to door in my neiborhood spreading the word about Earth day.

Jenkins,Tom said...

i celibated by not using the microwave.i sometimes take a 2 leter botlee and fill it with things that can be recaald at eden park.

Jenkins,Tom said...

@jenifer:

i thoght so too until wedsay.

Reis, Elizabeth said...

I knew that April 22 was Earth Day but I didn't do anything. I recycled? I do that everyday though. I could have picked up trash or something. Or there was a light I accidentally left on all day....

wessels,kelsey said...

I did not know it was earth day on friday!!Sadly i didnt do any thing on earth day because i didnt know it was earth day!One thing i could have done is rycycle or save energy by turning off the light or the T.V.

Reis, Elizabeth said...

@Natalie
Oh that would have been really neat to plant a tree every year. What place gave away the trees?
What I think is that our school should have recycling!!

Reis, Elizabeth said...

Oops. I meant plastic recycling, since we already have paper.

wessels,kelsey said...

@ Megan Henson
I could do the same thing as you and rycycle more!!

cirkovic, daniel said...

@Peters, Jennifer
I forgot it was Earth day today too. Well today it will be a redo Earth day. I wil try to recycle as much as possible. I agree that we need to recongize that the Earth needs change,

Justin said...

i didnt know that earth day was on friday so i didn't do any thing that day besides sleep but if i had known it was earth day i would hav brought the recycling bin out of my garage and start recycling but know i know when the day is and i hav it on my calender.

Anonymous said...

joshua parsons- Yes i knew and no i did not do anything. One thing that to do would be to go around town and pick up trash.

Guthier,Nick said...

Yes, but I didnt celebrate in any way this year but in 5th grade at Dulles we did a special day on earth day to recognize it. One thing we could do is cut back on things like energy and recycle glasses and paper.

Schwab,Izzy said...

Katie and Izzy
yes we did know april 22nd was earth day.no. it was rainy izzy usually picks up litter katie usually doesnt do anything for earth day because she hates the earth!!!! D:< now katie could do what izzy does and pick up litter. but she hates th earth.

Guthier,Nick said...

@ Jennifer Peters,
I agree on Earth day we should recognize it more, and do more things to help it be a holiday. Ex: recycle more.

Schwab,Izzy said...

izzy and katie:
@allison johnson
you sound you like you really like the Earth. unlike katie.we have both been trying to convince our parents to recycle but they say it's to much money.
ps. katie does not hate the earth and is actually very fond of our spherical home.

Andrew Ehrman said...

I did were a go green shirt but did not know it was earth day in till my sister mentioned it to me. I could probably replant some trees that fell in my back yard do to the storm.

alyssa weber said...

I didn't know earthday was last friday!!
i did not do anything for Earth Day, i did not even know when it was!!
One thing you could do is to plant a tree.

alyssa weber said...

@Jenn
I did not know that Earth day was on April 22 eather! I always recycle. not just on earth day.
did you notice that at school we have bins but no one ever uses them!!

Anonymous said...

I did not know that Earth day was on April 22, I always have thought it was later than that. Sadly, I did not do anything for Earth day and one reason for that is I didn't know it was Earth day, but one thing I could have done is recycle. I'm very bad at remembering to recycle recyclable things. I also drink pop so I could have donated the tops to the ronald mcdonald house.
I agree we should start to recognize that the Earth needs to change for good. Everyone needs to help create better communities for the future.
By:kylie Gill and Brianna Gall(:

Anonymous said...

@courtney
I agree with u becuase i never knew that earth day was on April 22and i never celabrite it either. By: Kylie Gill and Brianna Gall(:

Haden, Mark said...

did not know that Earth day was on April 22, I always have thought it was later than that. Sadly, I did not do anything for Earth day and one reason for that is I didn't know it was Earth day, but one thing I could have done is recycle. I'm very bad at remembering to recycle recyclable things. I also drink pop so I could have donated the tops to the ronald mcdonald house.

Anonymous said...

lawson's a bitch